陳國詩的英文分享平台

關鍵字彙：

abyss/ burrow/ cavern/ chasm/ crevice/ fissure/ furrow/ gape/ grotto/ hiatus/ rift/ slot/ trench

1. 「壕溝」叫trench，農民在田間犁成準備種植作物的「田溝」叫furrow：

•The soldiers dug a trench in order to protect themselves.

•My father has plowed some furrows in preparation for planting cabbages and lettuces.

2. 「大洞穴」叫cavern，石灰岩洞或花園等中的人造洞叫grotto，動物（尤指兔子）在地上所掘之「地洞」叫burrow：

•The traveler was lost in the cavern for several hours.

•There are a few large mural paintings in the grotto.

•Rabbits usually live in burrows.

3. 深不可測的洞叫chasm或abyss，後者所指的坑洞可能更深更大，因此也常做比喻用，例如指無窮無盡的痛苦等：

•The pirates dug a few chasms to hide their plunder.

•They could not see the bottom of the chasm.

•The old man fell into the abyss of sadness when his wife and favorite daughter died one after the other.

4. 在正式或文言的敘述中，「縫隙」、「裂縫」用rift。另外，岩石上或地上的 「缺口」、「裂縫」用crevice或fissure：

•The plane was lost in the stormy sky until the pilot saw the city through a rift in the cloud.

•Most of the year the insects are hiding in rock crevices.

•The mountain climbers secured footholds in tiny fissures in the rock.

•The grass is growing in the fissures.

5. 機器或工具上的缺口或小孔叫slot：

•Put a quarter in the slot and a chocolate bar will come out of the machine.

•There is a slot in the top of a screw.

6. 時間方面待填補的「空檔」或空間方面按理不應出現的「空白」叫hiatus：

•The end of the visiting scholar's series of talks left a hiatus to be filled in in the timetable.

•He left a hiatus on the page where he erased a sentence.

7. 「裂開」、「敞開」可用gape：

•The huge pit gaped before him; if he stumbled, he would fall in.

•His shirt gaped open where the button had come off.