gulf

• n. 海湾；深渊；分歧；漩涡
• vt. 吞没

词源同whelm, 淹没。用来指海湾。

1. an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay

2. an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding);

"he felt a gulf between himself and his former friends"

"there is a vast disconnect between public opinion and federal policy"

3. a deep wide chasm

gulf

gulf: [14] Gulf comes from Greek kólphos, which meant originally ‘bosom’. It was later extended metaphorically to denote ‘bag’, and also ‘trough between waves’, and these senses (the latter modified to ‘abyss’) followed it through Vulgar Latin *colphus, Italian golfo, and French golphe into English. The derivative engulf, based on the sense ‘abyss’, dates from the mid-16th century.

gulf (n.)

late 14c., "profound depth," from Old French golf "a gulf, whirlpool," from Italian golfo "a gulf, a bay," from Late Latin colfos, from Greek kolpos "bay, gulf of the sea," earlier "trough between waves, fold of a loose garment," originally "bosom," the common notion being "curved shape." This is from PIE *kwelp- "to arch, to vault" (compare Old English hwealf, a-hwielfan "to overwhelm"). Latin sinus underwent the same development, being used first for "bosom," later for "gulf" (and in Medieval Latin, "hollow curve or cavity in the body"). The geographic sense "large tract of water extending into the land" (larger than a bay, smaller than a sea, but the distinction is not exact and not always observed) is in English from c. 1400, replacing Old English sæ-earm. Figurative sense of "a wide interval" is from 1550s. The U.S. Gulf States so called from 1836. The Gulf Stream (1775) takes its name from the Gulf of Mexico.

bay, gulf

这两个名词均有"海湾"之意。

bay： 指海岸线上一大块凹入的地方，是港口的所在地。

gulf： 一般比bay大，但比sea小。指大片深入到陆地中，由海岸围绕成半圆形的海水区域。

But unlike their absolutist counterparts in the Gulf and Asia, most royal families have survived because they allow voters to avoid the difficult search for a non-controversial but respected public figure.

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the Gulf States (= the countries with coasts on the Gulf)

海湾国家

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The gulf between rich and poor is enormous.

贫富悬殊。

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the Gulf of Mexico

墨西哥湾

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Hurricane Andrew was last night heading into the Gulf of Mexico.

昨晚，飓风“安德鲁”进入了墨西哥湾。

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...the gulf between rural and urban life.

城乡生活的巨大差异

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Within society, there is a growing gulf between rich and poor.

社会上的贫富差距正在逐渐加大。

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Byestimate, the share of Gulf savings invested locally has risen from 15 % to 25 % since 2002.

据估计,自2002年至今, 海湾地区的储蓄用于投资当地的比例已由15%上升到25%.

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The river flows southeastward to the gulf.

这条河朝着东南流向海湾.

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The Mississippi River watershed drains directly into the Gulf of Mexico, where dead zones frequently occur.

密西西比河流域排水沟直接进入墨西哥湾, 在那里死亡区经常出现.

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Oil is traded in dollars. And dollars have been flowing into gulf economies like Abu Dhabi.

石油使用美元交易的. 美元都流入了象AbuDhabi这样的海湾经济体.

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Oman is a member of Gulf Cooperation Committee.

阿曼苏丹国是海湾合作委员会成员之一.

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There is a gulf between the two cities.

这两座城市间有个海湾.

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He felt a gulf between himself and his former friends.

他感到自己与以前的朋友们之间存在一种隔阂.

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And dollars have been flowing into Gulf economies Abu Dhabi.

这样美元不断流入了包括阿布扎比在内的海湾经济中.

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The dark water of the true gulf is the greatest healer that there is.

这真正的海湾中的深暗的水是世上最佳的治疗剂.

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The reserve is called out in the U.S.A. when the Gulf War is impending.

海湾战争即将爆发时,美国把后备军召集起来.

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The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.

两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越.

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Iraq has been drained of its strength by the Gulf War.

海湾战争使伊拉克大伤元气.

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He saw the phosphorescence of the Gulf weed in the water.

他看见马尾藻在水中发出的磷光.

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In ancient mythology there was no impassable gulf separating the divine from the human beings.

在上古神话中,神与人之间没有不可逾越的鸿沟.

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the Gulf of Mexico

墨西哥湾

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

They approved a $1.1 billion package of pay increases for the veterans of the Persian Gulf War.

他们通过了对参加过波斯湾战争的老兵增发共计11亿美元的一揽子提案。

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These issues were brought into sharp focus by the Gulf crisis.

海湾危机让这些问题备受关注。

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Hurricane Andrew was last night heading into the Gulf of Mexico.

昨晚，飓风“安德鲁”进入了墨西哥湾。

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The Gulf has 65 per cent of the world's oil reserves.

海湾地区拥有全世界65％的石油储藏。

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Workers who went to the Gulf came from the poorest sectors of Pakistani society.

前往海湾的工人来自巴基斯坦最贫穷的社会阶层。

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The role of women in war has been a hot topic of debate in America since the Gulf conflict.

自海湾冲突以来，妇女在战争中的作用一直是美国国内一个备受争议的热门话题。

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Saudi Arabia, in company with some other Gulf oil states, is concerned to avoid any repetition of the two oil price shocks of the 1970s.

避免20世纪70年代两次石油价格冲击的情形再次出现，这是沙特阿拉伯和其他一些海湾石油国家一致关心的问题。

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The gulf between them yawned wider than ever.

他们之间的隔阂比以往任何时候都要深。

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