gash
Word family noungashlinessverbgashadverbgashly
gash /ɡæʃ/ noun [countableC] MIa large deep cut or hole in something, for example in a person’s skin 大而深的切口,伤口 Blood poured from a deep gash in her forehead. 鲜血从她额头上一道很深的伤口汩汩地流出来。
► see thesaurus at injury —gash verb [transitiveT] One day Frank gashed his hand on a bit of broken glass. 一天,弗兰克的手被一块碎玻璃划了道大口子。
Origin gash (1500-1600) Old North French garser, from Greek charassein “to make a mark in the surface of something”