gulf

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
发音 gŭlf

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A hollow place in the earth; an abyss; a deep chasm or basin.
    — He then surveyed / Hell and the gulf between.
  2. That which swallows; the gullet. obsolete
    — Witch's mummy, maw and gulf / Of the ravined salt sea shark,
  3. That which swallows irretrievably; a whirlpool; a sucking eddy.
    — [T]here is no such mine, / None; but a gulf of ruin, swallowing gold, not making.
  4. A portion of an ocean or sea extending into the land; a partially landlocked sea
    — the Gulf of Mexico
  5. A large deposit of ore in a lode.
  6. A wide interval or gap; a separating space. figuratively
    — Between us and you there is a great gulf fixed.
  7. A difference, especially a large difference, between groups. figuratively
    — Only the gulf between them was widened still further by the Negro cops in the precinct, bad-mouthing among themselves about their fellow white cops unnecessarily throwing their authority around and singling out Sullivan as a prime example.
  8. The bottom part of a list of those awarded a degree, for those who have only just passed.
    — Some ten or fifteen men just on the line, not enough to be plucked or good enough to be placed, are put into the "gulf," as it is popularly called (the Examiners' phrase is "Degrees allowed"), and have their degrees given to them but are not printed in the calendar, nor were they at this time allowed to try for the Classical Tripos.
动词 v.
  1. To engulf. transitive
    — […] if with thee the roaring wells ⁠Should gulf him fathom-deep in brine; ⁠And hands so often clasp’d in mine, Should toss with tangle and with shells.
  2. To award a degree to somebody who has only just passed sufficiently. transitive
    — The mention of gulfed and plucked men brings me back to myself.

词形变化

gulfs plural gulph alternative gulfs present,singular,third-person gulfing participle,present gulfed participle,past gulfed past gulph alternative

词汇关系

下位词
Arabian Gulf Corinthian Gulf Coronation Gulf Gulf of Aden Gulf of America Gulf of Amerika Gulf of Antalya Gulf of Aqaba Gulf of Basra Gulf of Bothnia Gulf of California Gulf of Carpentaria Gulf of Corinth Gulf of Finland Gulf of Gaeta Gulf of Gdańsk Gulf of Lepanto Gulf of Mexico Gulf of Oman Gulf of Papua Gulf of Saint Lawrence Gulf of Salonica Gulf of Siam Gulf of Suez Gulf of Thailand Huon Gulf Persian Gulf Spencer Gulf Thermaean Gulf Thermaic Gulf Van Diemen Gulf
衍生词
engulf Gulf Coast Gulf County Gulf Creek gulflike Gulfport Gulf Stream Gulf War gulfward gulfwards gulfweed gulfy Newgulf Roper Gulf The Gulf
相关词
colpus

词源

词源 1
From Middle English gulf, goulf, golf, from Old French golf, from Italian golfo, from Late Latin colfos, from Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos, “bosom, gulf”), of obscure origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kʷelp- (“to curve, arch”).
词源 2
From Middle English gulf, goulf, golf, from Old French golf, from Italian golfo, from Late Latin colfos, from Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos, “bosom, gulf”), of obscure origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kʷelp- (“to curve, arch”).
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