亚洲网紅露点

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gap

[ gap ]

noun

  1. a break or opening, as in a fence, wall, or military line; breach:

    We found a gap in the enemy's line of fortifications.

  2. an empty space or interval; interruption in continuity; hiatus:

    a momentary gap in a siren's wailing; a gap in his memory.

    Synonyms: , , , ,

  3. a wide divergence or difference; disparity:

    the gap between expenses and income; the gap between ideals and actions.

  4. a difference or disparity in attitudes, perceptions, character, or development, or a lack of confidence or understanding, perceived as creating a problem:

    the technology gap; a communications gap.

  5. a deep, sloping ravine or cleft through a mountain ridge.
  6. Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. a mountain pass:

    the Cumberland Gap.

  7. Aeronautics. the distance between one supporting surface of an airplane and another above or below it.


verb (used with object)

gapped, gapping.
  1. to make a gap, opening, or breach in.

verb (used without object)

gapped, gapping.
  1. to come open or apart; form or show a gap.

gap

/ 伞忙辫 /

noun

  1. a break or opening in a wall, fence, etc
  2. a break in continuity; interruption; hiatus

    there is a serious gap in the accounts

  3. a break in a line of hills or mountains affording a route through
  4. a gorge or ravine
  5. a divergence or difference; disparity

    there is a gap between his version of the event and hers

    the generation gap

  6. electronics
    1. a break in a magnetic circuit that increases the inductance and saturation point of the circuit
  7. bridge a gap or close a gap or fill a gap or stop a gap
    to remedy a deficiency
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to make a breach or opening in
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞驳补辫辫测, adjective
  • 藞驳补辫濒别蝉蝉, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 驳补辫顎僱别蝉蝉 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of gap1

First recorded in 1350鈥1400; Middle English, from Old Norse: 鈥渃hasm鈥; akin to Old Norse gapa 鈥渢o open the mouth wide鈥 ( gape ( def ) )
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of gap1

C14: from Old Norse gap chasm; related to gapa to gape , Swedish gap, Danish gab open mouth, opening
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The company is known for its long development cycles and the 12-year gap since GTA 5's release has sparked a wave of jokes and memes online.

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Madalyn Majors, one of the few Altadena residents who has moved back into the neighborhood, said she welcomes security cameras, but acknowledges that there will still be surveillance gaps in the community.

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And I think in that trust gap, you have somebody like an RFK Jr who tries to explain it all via a grand conspiracy theory about the scientists and everybody being in cahoots.

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Deputy chairman Pat Sheehan of Sinn F茅in said there were other gaps in provision for "speech and language therapists, behaviour therapists".

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Complicating the chief鈥檚 situation is the possibility of losing more than 400 civilian workers to layoffs as city leaders scramble to close a $1-billion budget gap.

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