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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 14947 COCA: 13437

chasm

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chasm /ˈkæzəm/ noun
plural chasms
chasm
/ˈkæzəm/
noun
plural chasms
Learner's definition of CHASM
[count]
: a deep hole or opening in the surface of the earth : gorge(地表的)深坑,陷窟,裂隙;峡谷
: a major division, separation, or difference between two people, groups, etc.(两个人或团体等之间的)巨大差异,巨大分歧
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 14947 COCA: 13437
1
: a deep cleft in the surface of a planet (such as the earth) : gorge
built a bridge over the chasm
2
: a marked division, separation, or difference
the chasm between the rich and the poor

Example Sentences

a chasm in the ocean floor
Recent Examples on the Web Our times beseech us to step into the chasm of uncertainty and become the agents of transformation our future needs. Erica Ariel Fox, Forbes, 15 Aug. 2022 By 2020, that gap in clearance rate had widened into a chasm, increasing for victims who were White and decreasing for those who were Black. Jim Axelrod, CBS News, 29 June 2022 Eventually, my body fully hurled itself into the dark chasm. Outside Online, 20 June 2022 The gap between America's rich and the poor — or really, the rich and everyone else — has stretched into a chasm. Peter Weber, The Week, 9 June 2022 The extraordinary decision by one of the best golfers in the world to defect from the game’s most powerful tour reflects the chasm—and uncertainty—LIV has created in the industry. Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 7 June 2022 That chasm, like the dinner party, proves to be another turning point for Hélène. Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 May 2022 But that created a chasm between health-care workers and the rest of society—a pattern that Masood also hears among veterans returning from war. Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 18 May 2022 The chasm that exists in talent — some of it, though not all, payroll related — between the Dodgers and Diamondbacks is significant. Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 25 Apr. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Latin chasma, from Greek; akin to Latin hiare to yawn — more at yawn

First Known Use

circa 1594, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of chasm was circa 1594
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 14947 COCA: 13437
chasm

noun¹

1hole in the groundADJECTIVE | CHASM + VERB ADJECTIVEdeep, gaping, great, huge, vast, yawning深淵;豁開的地穴;大坑;張着大口的陷坑CHASM + VERBopen, open up陷坑張開Suddenly a huge chasm opened in the earth.大地突然裂開,露出一個大窟窿。
chasm

noun²

2great difference of feelings/interests情感或興趣的巨大差別ADJECTIVE | VERB + CHASM | CHASM + VERB | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEgreat, growing, huge, unbridgeable, vast, wide, yawning巨大的分歧;不斷擴大的分歧;無法彌合的分歧VERB + CHASMbridge, cross彌合分歧create, open製造/產生分歧CHASM + VERBseparate sth分歧使⋯分開A chasm separates my generation from my parents'.分歧使我這一代人不同於我父母那一代。PREPOSITIONchasm between⋯之間的分歧an attempt to bridge the chasm between the two cultures彌合兩種文化之間隔閡的嘗試chasm of⋯的裂痕a huge chasm of hate and prejudice由於仇恨和偏見而產生的巨大裂痕

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