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gulf    音标拼音: [g'ʌlf]
n. 海湾,深渊,漩涡,隔阂
vt. 吞没

海湾,深渊,漩涡,隔阂吞没

gulf
n 1: an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger
than a bay
2: an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of
understanding); "he felt a gulf between himself and his
former friends"; "there is a vast disconnect between public
opinion and federal policy" [synonym: {gulf}, {disconnect},
{disconnection}]
3: a deep wide chasm

Gulf \Gulf\ (g[u^]lf), n. [F. golfe, It. golfo, fr. Gr. ko`lpos
bosom, bay, gulf, LGr. ko`lfos.]
1. A hollow place in the earth; an abyss; a deep chasm or
basin,
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He then surveyed
Hell and the gulf between. --Milton.
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Between us and you there is a great gulf fixed.
--Luke xvi.
26.
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2. That which swallows; the gullet. [Obs.] --Shak.
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3. That which swallows irretrievably; a whirlpool; a sucking
eddy. --Shak.
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A gulf of ruin, swallowing gold. --Tennyson.
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4. (Geog.) A portion of an ocean or sea extending into the
land; a partially land-locked sea; as, the Gulf of Mexico.
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5. (Mining) A large deposit of ore in a lode.
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{Gulf Stream} (Geog.), the warm ocean current of the North
Atlantic.

Note: It originates in the westward equatorial current, due
to the trade winds, is deflected northward by Cape St.
Roque through the Gulf of Mexico, and flows parallel to
the coast of North America, turning eastward off the
island of Nantucket. Its average rate of flow is said
to be about two miles an hour. The similar Japan
current, or Kuro-Siwo, is sometimes called the Gulf
Stream of the Pacific.

{Gulf weed} (Bot.), a branching seaweed ({Sargassum
bacciferum}, or sea grape), having numerous berrylike air
vessels, -- found in the Gulf Stream, in the Sargasso Sea,
and elsewhere.
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163 Moby Thesaurus words for "gulf":
Charybdis, Maelstrom, abysm, abyss, aperture, arm, armlet, arroyo,
back stream, backflow, backwash, backwater, bay, bayou, belt,
bight, boca, box canyon, breach, break, broaching, canyon, cave,
cavity, chap, chasm, check, chimney, chink, clearing, cleft,
cleuch, clough, col, coulee, couloir, countercurrent, counterflow,
counterflux, cove, crack, cranny, crater, creek, crevasse, crevice,
cut, cwm, deep, defile, dell, depth, dig, diggings, dike,
disclosure, ditch, donga, draw, eddy, estuary, euripus, excavation,
fault, fenestra, fiord, firth, fissure, fistula, fjord, flaw,
flume, fontanel, foramen, fracture, frith, furrow, gap, gape, gash,
gat, gorge, groove, gulch, gully, gurge, gut, harbor, hiatus, hole,
hollow, incision, inlet, interval, joint, kloof, kyle, lacuna,
laying open, leak, loch, lough, maelstrom, mine, moat, mouth,
narrow, narrow seas, narrows, natural harbor, notch, nullah,
opening, opening up, orifice, outlet, pass, passage, passageway,
pit, pore, quarry, ravine, reach, refluence, reflux, regurgitation,
rent, rift, rime, road, roads, roadstead, rupture, scissure, seam,
separation, shaft, slit, slot, slough, sound, space, split, stoma,
strait, straits, swirl, throwing open, trench, twirl, uncorking,
unstopping, valley, void, vortex, wadi, well, whirl, whirlpool,
workings, yawn, yawning abyss


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  • Gulf - Wikipedia
    A gulf is a large inlet from an ocean or their seas into a landmass, [1] larger and typically (though not always) with a narrower opening than a bay [2] The term was used traditionally for large, highly indented navigable bodies of salt water that are enclosed by the coastline [ 1 ]
  • Gulf | Definition, Characteristics, Facts | Britannica
    Gulf, any large coastal indentation More specifically, such a feature is the reentrant of an ocean, regardless of size, depth, configuration, and geologic structure The nomenclature for gulfs is far from uniform; names that may refer to sizable gulfs in various places include bay, bight, firth, sound, and fjord
  • Gulf - Education | National Geographic Society
    Gulfs vary greatly in size, shape, and depth They are generally larger and more deeply indented than bays Like bays, they often make excellent harbors Many important trading centers are located on gulfs Gulfs may be formed by movements in Earth's crust The planet's tectonic plates may rift, or break apart, creating a gulf
  • GULF Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
    The meaning of GULF is a part of an ocean or sea extending into the land How to use gulf in a sentence
  • GULF | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
    GULF definition: 1 a very large area of sea surrounded on three sides by a coast: 2 the Persian Gulf and the… Learn more
  • What is a gulf in geography? - California Learning Resource Network
    A gulf is a body of water that is partially enclosed by land, typically connected to a larger body of water, such as an ocean or a sea Gulfs are often found along the coastlines of continents, islands, or peninsulas, and they can vary greatly in size, shape, and depth
  • Gulf - definition of gulf by The Free Dictionary
    1 a portion of an ocean or sea partly enclosed by land 2 a deep hollow; abyss 3 any wide divergence, as between individuals in social status, opinion, etc , or between theory and practice 4 something that engulfs or swallows up 5 to swallow up; engulf
  • Gulf of Mexico - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    The Gulf of Mexico is an ocean basin or bay of the Atlantic Ocean It is a marginal sea of North America [3][4] The United States of America, Mexico, and Cuba are the countries around it The Straits of Florida connect to the rest of the Atlantic Ocean, and the Yucatán Channel connects to the Caribbean Sea
  • What is a Gulf | Definition of Gulf - Worksheets Planet
    A gulf is a large body of water that is partially surrounded by land, with a narrow mouth opening into the ocean or sea Gulfs are typically larger and deeper than bays, often extending farther inland and characterized by a wider expanse of water
  • Anxiety grips Gulf Arab states over threat of nuclear . . . - CNN
    Concern is rising in Gulf Arab states about the possibility of environmental contamination or reprisal attacks if Israel or the United States strikes Iran’s nuclear facilities just across the





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