cleave

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++cleave /kliːv/ verb (past tense cleaved, clove /kləʊv $ kloʊv/ or cleft /kleft/, past participle cleaved, cloven /ˈkləʊvən $ ˈkloʊ-/ or cleft)  1  [intransitive, transitive always + adverb/preposition]CUT literary to cut something into separate parts using a heavy tool, or to be able to be cut in this way 劈开；割开；裂开 The wooden door had been cleft in two. 木门被劈成了两半。2  [transitive]DIFFERENT formal to divide something into two completely separate parts 分裂，分开 the racial problems that still cleave American society 仍然在分裂美国社会的种族问题3  cleave the air/darkness etc FAST/QUICKMOVE/CHANGE POSITION literary to move quickly through the air etc 划过空中/黑暗等 His fist cleft the air. 他迅速出拳。4 cleave to somebody/something phrasal verb a) formalTRUE to continue to think that a method, belief, person etc is true or valuable, even when this seems unlikely 忠于；坚持，坚守 John still cleaves to his romantic ideals. 约翰仍坚守他的浪漫理想。b) STICK literary to stick to someone or something, or seem to surround them 依恋〔某人〕；贴住，黏住〔某物〕→ See Verb table

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cleave• Frozen sea-spray cleaved at their faces.• The heavy, cleaving blade was devastating with just one blow.• He was kissing Claudia, his body straining against hers, his hands cleaving her bottom.• Aenarion rose and smote the daemon mightily, cleaving its head in two and shearing its arm from its body.• A hog in a headscarf squealed as she cleaved its skull with her axe.• It was his choice, she said, to cleave to the Brownings and he was a hypocrite to say otherwise.• Our organization is trying to ease the racial problems that still cleave U.S. society.• Other sites are cleaved with much lower efficiency.Origin cleave Old English cleofan. cleave to Old English clifian

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into Corpus something parts cut to separate

cleave
cleave /kliːv/ verb (past tense cleaved, clove /kləʊv $ kloʊv/ or cleft /kleft/, past participle cleaved, cloven /ˈkləʊvən $ ˈkloʊ-/ or cleft)1. [I, T always + adv/prep] literary to cut something into separate parts using a heavy tool, or to be able to be cut in this way:
    The wooden door had been cleft in two.
2. [transitive] formal to divide something into two completely separate parts:
    the racial problems that still cleave American society
3. cleave the air/darkness etc literary to move quickly through the air etc:
    His fist cleft the air.
     
cleave to somebody/something phrasal verb
  1. formal to continue to think that a method, belief, person etc is true or valuable, even when this seems unlikely:
    John still cleaves to his romantic ideals.
  2. literary to stick to someone or something, or seem to surround them

cleaveBrE /kliːv/ 🔊NAmE /kliːv/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they cleave BrE /kliːv/ 🔊 NAmE /kliːv/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it cleaves BrE /kliːvz/ 🔊 NAmE /kliːvz/ 🔊past simple cleaved BrE /kliːvd/ 🔊 NAmE /kliːvd/ 🔊past participle cleaved BrE /kliːvd/ 🔊 NAmE /kliːvd/ 🔊 -ing form cleaving BrE /ˈkliːvɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈkliːvɪŋ/ 🔊 HELP Less commonly, cleft /kleft/ and clove BrE /kləʊv/ 🔊NAmE /kloʊv/ 🔊 are used for the past tense, and cleft and cloven BrE /ˈkləʊvn/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkloʊvn/ 🔊 for the past participle. 过去式 cleft 或 clove 以及过去分词 cleft 或 cloven 比较不常用。 [transitive] ~ sth (old-fashioned or literary) to split or cut sth in two using sth sharp and heavy 劈开；砍开；剁开◆She cleaved his skull (in two) with an axe.她用斧头把他的颅骨劈成两半。◆(figurative) His skin was cleft with deep lines. 他的皮肤布满深深的皱纹。🔊🔊 [intransitive, transitive] (old-fashioned or literary) to move quickly through sth 迅速穿过；迅速穿越◆~ through sth a ship cleaving through the water破浪前进的船◆~ sth The huge boat cleaved the darkness. 那艘巨轮在黑暗中破浪前行。🔊🔊 [intransitive] ~ to sth/sb (literary) to stick close to sth/sb 紧贴；紧挨◆Her tongue clove to the roof of her mouth. 她的舌头紧紧地贴着上腭。🔊🔊 [intransitive] ~ to sth (formal) to continue to believe in or be loyal to sth 坚信；信守；忠于◆to cleave to a belief/idea 坚守信仰／信念●be (caught) in a cleft ˈstickto be in a difficult situation when any action you take will have bad results 进退维谷；陷入困境