chasm /ˈkæzəm/ TEM4

• 1. 

  N-COUNT A chasm is a very deep crack in rock, earth, or ice. (岩石、地面或冰上的) 大裂口

  例：

  ...a yawning fourteen-foot-deep chasm which inexplicably had opened up in the riverbed.

  …河床上莫名其妙地开了一个14英尺深的敞开的大裂口。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT If you say that there is a chasm between two things or between two groups of people, you mean that there is a very large difference between them. 鸿沟; 巨大分歧

  例：

  ...the chasm that divides the worlds of university and industry.

  …隔开大学与产业之间的的鸿沟。