gulf

单词gulf

基本解释

n.: 海湾；鸿沟；隔阂；波斯湾
v.: 吞没
网络: 深渊；海湾地区；漩涡

权威解释

• 海湾:

  a large area of sea that is partly surrounded by land

• 波斯湾:

  the Persian Gulf, the area of sea between the Arabian peninsula and Iran

• 分歧；鸿沟；隔阂:

  a large difference between two people or groups in the way that they think, live or feel

• （地面的）裂口，深坑，沟壑:

  a wide deep crack in the ground

英汉解释

• 吞没,使深深卷入,卷进

• 深无能

• 轮槽

• 片

• 〔诗〕深海

• (感情、意见等的)悬殊,分歧,隔阂

• 裂缝;裂痕;隔膜;悬隔;鸿沟;距离

• 深渊;深坑,鸿沟;漩涡,涡

• 港湾

• 湾;渊;深渊;深坑

• 海湾,内海,湾

词性分析

• 复数：gulfs

单词搭配

• adj.+n.:

  northern gulf,vast gulf,wide gulf

• v.+n.:

  bridge gulf,widen gulf,narrow gulf

同义词

n.bightbayinletsoundcove

例句

• It has shored up vulnerable gulf states and, up to this point, contributed to hopes for U. N. action to end the war.

  西方的介入给脆弱的海湾区国家予有力的支持，并且到目前为止，带来了联合国采取行动终战争的希望。

• For now, at least, the Gulf states -- and their economies -- seem to have dodged a bullet.

  至少到目前为止，海湾各国和他们的经济似乎已经躲过了一劫。

• The company is still the leading driller in the Gulf, and operates more leases there than any other company.

  在墨西哥湾地区，该公司仍是重要的钻探公司，它运作的租约比其他任何公司都多。

• The counting of dead wildlife in the Gulf is more than an academic exercise; the deaths will help determine how much BP pays in damages.

  计算墨西哥湾死亡野生生物数量不仅是项学术活动，还将有助于确定英国石油公司的赔偿数额。

• Many of you morn the animals in the gulf, but fail to see the total destruction your food animals deal with daily.

  你们很多人为墨西哥湾的动物们悲痛，却看不到日常里你们的食用动物所遭受的全部毁灭。

• For Dubai, just like the other small Gulf sheikhdoms, the economic crisis does not automatically translate into a social issue.

  就像海湾地区其他一些小的酋长国一样，对迪拜而言，经济危机并不会自动成为一个社会问题。

• The contamination is already spreading up the East Coast, so be watchful anywhere the Gulf waters may have contact with you.

  污染已经扩展到东海岸，所以请戒备海湾任何地区可能接触到你的海水。

• Bahrain was perceived to be a liberal oasis in the Persian Gulf, with a robust banking sector and a per capita income to rival Europe"s.

  巴林被视为波斯湾的自由绿洲，拥有健全的银行业和与可与欧洲竞争的人均收入。

• And in 1995, after four years of deception, Iraq finally admitted it had a crash nuclear weapons program prior to the Gulf War.

  1995年，在进行了四年的欺瞒之后，伊拉克终于承认在海湾战争前曾有一个重点核武器计划。

• Now the company is said to be in talks with Norway"s StatoilHydro about a deal in the Gulf of Mexico.

  现在据说这家公司正在与挪威国家石油公司（StatoilHydro）磋商在墨西哥湾的一项交易。