cleave

cleave

英 [kliːv]
　　美 [kliv]

vi. 裂開；披荊斬棘地前進；粘住；堅持
　　vt. 砍開；使分開；打通
　　n. (Cleave)人名；(英)克利夫

中文詞源：

cleave 劈開，堅守

1. 劈開，來自PIE*gleibh,砍，劈，詞源同cleft,glyph.進一步來自PIE*skel,砍，劈，詞源同 skill,scale. 2. 堅守，來自PIE*glei,黏，粘，詞源同cling,glue.

例句：

1. They just cleave the stone along the cracks.
他們就是順著裂縫把石頭劈開。

2. The water is going to cleave a channel into the rock.
水流將在大山中沖出一條峽谷來.

3. The tribe cleave to their old belief even after the european arrive.
即使在歐洲人到來之後,這些部落仍固守著它們古老的信仰.

4. Which may be why we still cleave to his great poem.
這或許就是我們依然堅守著他偉大詩篇的原因.

5. Those who cleave to the latter view include many conservative American politicians.
持後一種觀點的人中包括瞭許多美國的保守派政客.