clefts
v. 劈开；分开；迅速穿过；紧挨；坚信；分离（分子）；开（路）；（细胞）分裂；（诗、文）黏着；专心于；依恋（某人）（cleave的过去式及过去分词）
n. （尤指岩石、地表的）裂缝；额头（或下巴）中间的竖缝；（身体）V 字形凹陷
adj. （部分）裂成两半的
复数 clefts
例句
Clefts are often associated with other more serious congenital defects.
裂口常与其他更严重的先天性异常并发。
Oral clefts happen early in pregnancy, before many women even know they are pregnant.
唇腭裂发生在怀孕女性的第一孕期，而这时候很多女性可能还不知道自己已经怀孕。
I explained that they were bare masses of stone, with hardly enough earth in their clefts to nourish a stunted tree.
我就解释说那些只是一大堆石头，石头缝里的土都不够养活一棵矮树的。
