rift
US: /ˈɹɪft/
UK: /ɹˈɪft/
UK: /ɹˈɪft/
English Vietnamese dictionary
rift /'raifliɳ/
- danh từ
- đường nứt rạn, kẽ hở, kẽ nứt (ở đất, đá, đồ vật...)
- (khoáng chất) thớ chẻ
- chỗ hé sáng (trong đám sương mù...)
- a riff in (within) the lute
- (nghĩa bóng) vết rạn trong tình bạn; vết rạn trong tình yêu
- triệu chứng ban đầu của bệnh điên chớm phát
- ngoại động từ, (thường) động tính từ quá khứ
- làm nứt ra; xẻ ra, chẻ ra, bỏ ra
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
1 a serious disagreement between people that stops their relationship from continuing: The rift within the party deepens. + a serious marriage rift + Efforts to heal the rift between the two countries have failed.
2 a large crack or opening in the ground, rocks or clouds: Through a rift in the clouds we could see a beautiful blue sky. + The volcano was in a remote area of the northern rift, accessible only by helicopter.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 separation, break, split, schism, cleft, gulf, gap; disagreement, conflict, disruption, difference, breach, break-up, division, distance, alienation:
The continued bitterness served only to intensify the rift between them.
2 tear, rent, opening, hole, crack, chink, crevice, cleavage, fracture, flaw, fault:
Water was pouring through an ever-widening rift in the dam.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
deep, growing, serious | public | ideological | marital, marriage
VERB + RIFT
cause, create, lead to | deepen, widen
His actions only deepened the rift between himself and the majority of Congress.
| heal, mend, patch up, repair
RIFT + VERB
develop, occur, open up
A rift had opened up within the party.
| deepen, grow, widen
PREP.
~ among/between
new evidence of a rift between the two countries
| ~ in/within
The debate has succeeded only in widening rifts within the Church.
| ~ over
a rift over public spending
| ~ with
trying to heal the rift with his brother
Concise English dictionary
rifts|rifted|riftingrɪft
noun
+a gap between cloud masses
+a narrow fissure in rock
+a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)