clefts

英 [klɛfts]

美 [klɛfts]

n.  (自然的)裂口，裂缝
cleft的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (石头或地面的)罅隙，裂隙，裂口
  Acleftin a rock or in the ground is a narrow opening in it.
  1. ...a narrow cleft in the rocks too small for humans to enter.
     岩石之间人无法通过的一条窄缝
• (下巴上的)凹口
  Acleftin someone's chin is a line down the middle of it.
• (下巴)有凹口的
  If someone has acleftchin, they have a cleft in their chin.
• 左右为难的；进退维谷的
  If you say that a person or organization isin a cleft stick, you mean that they are in a difficult situation which will bring them problems and harm whatever they decide to do.
• 
  Cleftis a past participle ofcleave.

双语例句

• Clefts are often associated with other more serious congenital defects.
  裂口常与其他更严重的先天性异常并发。
• Alternative medications that have a lower risk of oral clefts and other adverse birth outcomes should be considered.
  如果有，应当给这些病人使用唇腭裂和其他不良分娩结局发生风险更低的其他替代药物。
• I explained that they were bare masses of stone, with hardly enough earth in their clefts to nourish a stunted tree.
  我就解释说那些只是一大堆石头，石头缝里的土都不够养活一棵矮树的。
• The open, needle-like spaces in the atheromatous plaque are cholesterol clefts.
  在粥样斑块中看到的针状空隙即为胆固醇结晶。
• An articulatory gesture made by turning the tip of the tongue back against the roof of the mouth. Correction of palate clefts is much more difficult and usually not as satisfactory.
  舌尖抵硬腭的发音姿势。硬腭裂的矫正更为困难，且常不理想。
• Objective To study neonatal morphological characteristics of cranial base with clefts by three dimensional structures.
  目的在唇腭裂新生儿三维重建体上研究颅基底形态结构特征。
• Because the power of Midian was so oppressive, the Israelites prepared shelters for themselves in mountain clefts, caves and strongholds. An animal can't construct a tunnel like a mouse hole or a rabbit burrow
  米甸人压制以色列人、色列人因为米甸人、在山中挖穴、洞、造营寨。它们不能在沙土上建造队道就好像地鼠和兔子的洞穴那样
• Results The palatal clefts were closed in the experimental group 10 days after the implantation of the distractor.
  结果实验组动物腭部裂隙于牵张器植入10天后闭合，裂隙两侧口腔粘膜亦在持续压力的作用下愈合。
• Flying termites poured out of the clefts.
  白蚁从缝隙中纷纷飞了出来。
• Birth Defects; Orofacial clefts; Casecontrol Study; Environmental risk factors.
  唇腭裂；出生缺陷；病例对照研究；环境危险因素。