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				N-COUNT (石头或地面的)罅隙,裂隙,裂口 A cleft in a rock or in the ground is a narrow opening in it. 例句 ...a narrow cleft in the rocks too small for humans to enter.
						岩石之间人无法通过的一条窄缝
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				N-COUNT (下巴上的)凹口 A cleft in someone's chin is a line down the middle of it. 
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				ADJ (下巴)有凹口的 If someone has a cleft chin, they have a cleft in their chin. 
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				PHRASE 左右为难的;进退维谷的 If you say that a person or organization is in a cleft stick, you mean that they are in a difficult situation which will bring them problems and harm whatever they decide to do. 
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				Cleft is a past participle of cleave.