gulf
英 [gʌlf]美[ɡʌlf]
	    - n. 海湾;深渊;分歧;漩涡
 - vt. 吞没
 
英英释意
- 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