fissure

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fis·sure /ˈfɪʃə $ -ər/ noun [countableC]

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

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