gap

gap的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [gæp]
KK音标发音： [gæp]

gap的词性：
n.（名词）

1. An opening in a solid structure or surface; a cleft or breach:
豁口，裂缝：坚固建筑物或表面的开口；裂缝或缺口：

wriggled through a gap in the fence; a large gap in the wall where the artillery shell had exploded.
从篱笆间的缺口处穿过；炮弹片在墙上炸的大豁口

2. A break in a line of defense.
防线缺口

3. An opening through mountains; a pass.
山凹，隘口：山脉中的开口；通道

4. A space between objects or points; an aperture:
空隙，缝隙：物体或位置的间隔；空隙：

a gap between his front teeth.
他的门牙间的空隙

5. An interruption of continuity:
中断：连续性的中断：

a nine-minute gap in the recorded conversation; needed to fill in the gaps in her knowledge.
录音谈话中有九分钟的中断；需要填补她在知识上的不足

6. A conspicuous difference or imbalance; a disparity:
差距，悬殊：明显的不同或不平衡；差异：

a gap between revenue and spending; the widening gap between rich and poor.
收入和消费之间的差距；富人与穷人之间很大的悬殊

7. A problematic situation resulting from such a disparity:
差异所造成的困难状况：

the budget gap; the technology gap.
预算困难；技术差距

8. A spark gap.
火花隙

9. Computer Science An absence of information on a recording medium, often used to signal the end of a segment of information.
【计算机科学】 间隙，间隔：录制的媒体上的信息空缺，经常用于给信息片段的末端作标志

10. Electronics The distance between the head of a recording device and the surface of the recording medium.
【电子学】 录音间隙：录音磁头和录音媒体表面之间的距离

gap的词性：
v.（动词）

gap的词性：
v.tr.（及物动词）

11. To make an opening in.
造成开口，造成裂缝

gap的词性：
v.intr.（不及物动词）

12. To be or become open.
张开，裂开

gap的词源：

13. Middle English
中古英语

14. from Old Norse [chasm]
源自 古斯堪的纳维亚语 [深坑，裂缝]