名詞 fissure:

1. a long narrow depression in a surface
   同義詞：crevice, cranny, crack, chap
2. a long narrow opening
   同義詞：crack, cleft, crevice, scissure
3. (anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes

動詞 fissure:

1. break into fissures or fine cracks

1. But there was worse to come. Just ahead of us there was a huge fissure.
   不過接著就更糟了。前面不遠出現(xiàn)了一條巨大的地裂。
2. A narrow opening, such as a crack or fissure.
   裂縫如裂縫或縫隙之類狹窄的裂口
3. The state of being split or cleft; a fissure or division.
   分裂，裂縫劈開或裂開的狀態(tài); 裂縫或分裂
4. There is a fissure on the wall.
   墻上有條裂縫。

fis.sure

n.（名詞）
A long, narrow opening; a crack or cleft.
裂縫，裂隙：長而狹的開口；裂縫或裂痕
The process of splitting or separating; division.
分裂：裂開或分開的過程;分裂
A separation into subgroups or factions; a schism.
分裂成小團體或小集團；派別
Anatomy A normal groove or furrow, as in the liver or brain, that divides an organ into lobes or separates it into parts.
【解剖學】 裂紋，溝：如在肝或腦中把某個器官分成幾葉或幾個部分的正常的槽或溝
Medicine A break in the skin, usually where it joins a mucous membrane, producing a cracklike sore or ulcer.
【醫(yī)學】 裂，潰瘍：通常在連結(jié)粘膜的皮膚上的破裂，引起裂縫樣的傷口或潰瘍
v.intr.tr.（不及物動詞和及物動詞）
fis.sured,fis.sur.ing,fis.sures
To form a crack or cleft or cause a crack or cleft in.
形成裂口或引起裂縫

來源：
Middle English [cut]
中古英語 [割]
from Old French
源自 古法語
from Latin fissôra
源自 拉丁語 fissôra
from fissus [split] * see fissi-
源自 fissus [裂開] *參見 fissi-