cleavage
英 ['kliːvɪdʒ]
美 ['klivɪdʒ]
TEM8 GRE
cliff => cleave, cleavage.
- cleavage (n.)
- 1816, in geology, "action of splitting (rocks or gems) along natural fissures," from cleave (v.1) + -age. General meaning "action or state of cleaving or being cleft" is from 1867.
The sense of "cleft between a woman's breasts in low-cut clothing" is first recorded 1946, defined in a "Time" magazine article [Aug. 5] as the "Johnston Office trade term for the shadowed depression dividing an actress' bosom into two distinct sections;" traditionally first used in this sense by U.S. publicist Joseph I. Breen (1888-1965), head of the Production Code Administration (replaced 1945 by Eric Johnston), enforcers of Hollywood self-censorship, in reference to Jane Russell's costumes and poses in "The Outlaw."
- 1. Cellular cleavage and proliferation was markedly inhibited.
- 细胞的分裂、增殖受到明显抑制。
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- 2. This cleavage persisted during the whole civilized period.
- 这种分裂继续存在于整个文明期.
来自英汉非文学 - 家庭、私有制和国家的起源
- 3. This marks the end of the cleavage stage of development.
- 这标志着卵裂发育阶段的结束.
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- 4. He had made a great cleavage in his life.
- 他已在自己的生活里劈出了一条鸿沟.
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- 5. Cleavage of secondary bonds can also be responsible for polymer deterioration.
- 次价键的分裂往往也能引起聚合体劣化.
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