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单词 crevice
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crevice
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkrev.ɪs/us
/ˈkrev.ɪs/
asmall,narrowcrackorspace,especiallyin thesurfaceofrock
（尤指岩石表面的）裂缝，裂隙
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adeeplinein anoldperson'sface, or adeepfoldin someone'sbody:
深的皱纹；身体上的皱痕
Theharshlightrevealedevery crevice andwrinklein hisface.他脸上每条深浅不一的皱纹在强光下都清晰可见。
Sweatpouredout of every crevice of thefatman'sbody.那个胖子身上的每一条褶皱里都涌出了汗水。
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(Definition ofcrevicefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

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crevice
noun[C]
us
/ˈkrev·ɪs/
adeepcrackoropeningin asurface,esp. inrock:
Heslippedon themountainandlandedin a crevice.
(Definition ofcrevicefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The floors were full of crevices and those crevices were full of germ-ridden water.
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No provision is made in the construction of such a prop to prevent it penetrating the roof and causing large crevices.
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How are people to breathe if they have fires or gas consuming the oxygen in the room and all the crevices are sealed up?
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In course of time those crevices get filled up with peat and other soil, and then you get various trees growing in that soil.
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The risks of walking at night, falling down crevices and numerous other risks, were spoken about earlier.
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I have seen chairs in accounting converted to the study of the more esoteric crevices of economics.
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The gas that blows the mine up and sends hundreds of people to their death is found in the top crevices of a mine.
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The crevices were even more obvious than they normally are.
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Sympathisers with that charge, wracked with guilt, lurk in crevices of our decision-making structure.
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The process of disinfection uses large quantities of water and the pressures must be high if the water is to get into all the crevices, cracks, roofs and fittings.
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Inside it hit you as though there were a number of rapiers striking at you from under the door, through the window-sills and through various other crevices.
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I should say that a proper simile, if one is wanted, is oil because it flows evenly and quickly into the crevices where it is most needed.
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They are nocturnal, spending the day in dark crevices within the reef.
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The plant grows in cracks and crevices of the granite mountain cliffs.
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The adults spend the winter under bark crevices and can invade houses in large numbers in the fall.
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