bay, gulf

名詞 gulf:

1. an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay
2. an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding)
   同義詞：disconnect, disconnection
3. a deep wide chasm

1. The gulf extends northward.
   海灣向北方延伸。
2. The president hugged himself with pleasure over the quick withdrawal from the gulf war.
   總統(tǒng)為自己能從海灣戰(zhàn)爭中見好就收感到暗自慶幸。
3. He indicated the location of the Persian Gulf with a pen on the map.
   他用一支筆在地圖上標(biāo)出了波斯灣的位置。
4. I think there is no gulf between my daughter and I.
   我認為我和我女兒之間沒有隔閡。

gulf

n.（名詞）
Abbr. g.,G.A large area of a sea or ocean partially enclosed by land, especially a long landlocked portion of sea opening through a strait.
縮寫 g.,G.海灣：大部分被陸地包圍的大面積的?；虼笱?，尤指有海峽與之相通的被陸地環(huán)繞的海洋的一部分
A deep, wide chasm; an abyss.
深壑，深淵：深而寬的裂口；深淵
A wide gap, as in understanding:
隔閡，鴻溝：巨大的間隔，如在理解方面：
例句：
.the gulf between the Victorian sensibility and our own.(Babette Deutsch)
.維多利亞時代的感性方面與我們有巨大差距.(芭貝特·多伊奇)

Something, such as a whirlpool, that draws down or engulfs.
漩渦：拖下或吞沒的東西，如漩渦
v.tr.（及物動詞）
gulfed,gulf.ing,gulfs
To engulf.
吞沒

來源：
Middle English goulf
中古英語 goulf
from Old French golfe
源自 古法語 golfe
from Old Italian golfo
源自 古意大利語 golfo
from Late Latin colpus, colfus
源自 后期拉丁語 colpus, colfus
from Greek kolpos [bosom, gulf]
源自 希臘語 kolpos [胸膛，中心的水域]