rift

US: /ˈɹɪft/
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)