fissure

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++fis·sure /ˈfɪʃə $ -ər/ noun [countable]  HOLEa deep crack, especially in rock or earth 〔尤指岩石或土地的〕裂缝，裂隙

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fissure• Even within Anglican evangelicalism fissures appeared.• Ahead lay a large fissure in the ice, three feet across.• They suggest heaven and earth are the product of a primal fissure.• This meant that the magma that fed the fissures of the second phase was almost completely de-gassed, hence its quiet emission.• About a million tons of lava are pouring every day from the fissure which opened on the Sicilian volcano in December.Origin fissure (1300-1400) French Latin; → FISSION

fis·sure nounChineseSyllable  

crack, especially earth or rock in deep Corpus a

fissure
fis‧sure /ˈfɪʃə $ -ər/ noun [countable]a deep crack, especially in rock or earth

fis·sureBrE /ˈfɪʃə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈfɪʃər/ 🔊 noun (specialist) a long deep crack in sth, especially in rock or in the earth （岩石、土地等中深长的）裂缝，裂隙▸ fis·sured BrE /ˈfɪʃəd/ 🔊NAmE /ˈfɪʃərd/ 🔊 adjective