cleave

英 [kliːv]

美 [kliːv]

v.  劈开; 砍开; 剁开; 迅速穿过; 迅速穿越; 紧贴; 紧挨

过去分词：cleaved　现在分词：cleaving　过去式：cleaved　第三人称单数：cleaves　复数：cleaves　

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BNC.21340 / COCA.20460

习惯用语

v.

牛津词典

verb

• 劈开；砍开；剁开
  to split or cut sth in two using sth sharp and heavy
  1. She cleaved his skull (in two) with an axe.
     她用斧头把他的颅骨劈成两半。
  2. His skin was cleft with deep lines.
     他的皮肤布满深深的皱纹。
• 迅速穿过；迅速穿越
  to move quickly through sth
  1. a ship cleaving through the water
     破浪前进的船
  2. The huge boat cleaved the darkness.
     那艘巨轮在黑暗中破浪前行。
• 紧贴；紧挨
  to stick close to sth/sb
  1. Her tongue clove to the roof of her mouth.
     她的舌头紧紧地贴着上腭。
• 坚信；信守；忠于
  to continue to believe in or be loyal to sth
  1. to cleave to a belief/idea
     坚守信仰 / 信念

柯林斯词典

The past tense can be either cleaved or clove; the past participle can be cleaved, cloven, or cleft for meaning 1, and is cleaved for meaning 2. 过去式可写作 cleaved 或 clove;用于义项1时，过去分词可写作 cleaved, cloven 或 cleft，用于义项2时，过去分词写作 cleaved。


• VERB 劈开;砍开
  Tocleavesomething means to split or divide it into two separate parts, often violently.
  1. They just cleave the stone along the cracks.
     他们就是顺着裂缝把石头劈开。
• VERB 坚守;信守;忠于
  If someonecleaves tosomething ortosomeone else, they begin or continue to have strong feelings of loyalty towards them.
  1. She has cleaved to these principles all her life...
     她这一辈子都恪守这些原则。
  2. He still clove to this ideal.
     他仍然坚守着这个理想。

英英释义

verb

• come or be in close contact with
  1. The dress clings to her body
  2. The label stuck to the box
  3. The sushi rice grains cohere
  Synonym:clingadherestickcohere
• separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
  1. cleave the bone
  Synonym:splitrive
• make by cutting into
  1. The water is going to cleave a channel into the rock

双语例句

• She has cleaved to these principles all her life
  她这一辈子都恪守这些原则。
• The left continued to cleave to that line of tradition.
  左派继续忠于那传统路线。
• Cleave those boys from the others.
  把那些少年从其他人之中隔开。
• He still clove to this ideal.
  他仍然坚守着这个理想。
• The tribe cleave to their old belief even after the european arrive.
  即使在欧洲人到来之后，这些部落仍固守著它们古老的信仰。
• I hide the message in a cleave in the rock.
  我把情报藏在石块的裂缝里。
• He nearly took out half of my army, and that was without the Cleave ability.
  结果是它们几乎杀了我一半的部队，那还是在没有升级范围攻击的能力的情况下。
• Cleave themselves into chasms, while far below.
  把自己向两边劈开，而深在渊底。
• "You will cleave to me?" asked Morris.
  你永远忠于我？莫里斯问道。
• If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
  6我若不记念你，若不看耶路撒冷过于我所最喜乐的，情愿我的舌头贴于上膛。