gap
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
An opening in anything made by breaking or parting.
He made a gap in the fence by kicking at a weak spot.
- 2.
An opening allowing passage or entrance.
We can slip through that gap between the buildings.
- 3.
An opening that implies a breach or defect.
There is a gap between the roof and the gutter.
- 4.
A vacant space or time.
I have a gap in my schedule next Tuesday.
- 5.
A hiatus, a pause in something which is otherwise continuous.
I'm taking a gap.
You must wait for a gap in the traffic before crossing the road.
- 6.
A vacancy, deficit, absence, or lack.
Their departure has left a gap in the workforce.
Find words to fill the gaps in an incomplete sentence.
She has a gap in her teeth.
- 7.
A mountain or hill pass.
The exploring party went through the high gap in the mountains.
- 8.
(Sussex) A sheltered area of coast between two cliffs (mostly restricted to place names).
At Birling Gap we can stop and go have a picnic on the beach.
- 9.
(baseball) The regions between the outfielders.
Jones doubled through the gap.
- 10.
(Australia)(Australia, for a medical or pharmacy item) The shortfall between the amount the medical insurer will pay to the service provider and the scheduled fee for the item.
- 11.
(Australia, literary, usually)(Australia, usually written as "the gap") The disparity between the indigenous and non-indigenous communities with regard to life expectancy, education, health, etc.
- 12.
(genetics) An unsequenced region in a sequence alignment.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To notch, as a sword or knife.
- 2.
(transitive)To make an opening in; to breach.
- 3.
(transitive)To check the size of a gap.
I gapped all the spark plugs in my car, but then realized I had used the wrong manual and had made them too small.
- 4.
(especially, intransitive, slang, transitive)(transitive, intransitive, slang, especially video games, motor racing) To surpass (someone or something) by a considerable margin.
- 5.
(New Zealand, slang)To leave suddenly.
- 6.
(intransitive)To fall or spill open so as to leave a gap.
- 7.
(US, dated, intransitive, slang, transitive)To stare or gape.
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Middle English gap//gappe, from Old Norse gap (an empty space, gap, chasm), from gapa (to gape, scream), from Proto-Germanic *gapōną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂- (to open wide, gape). Related to gab, ġeap. gape.