English Dictionary

rift

/ɹɪft/

noun

A chasm or fissure. / A break in the clouds, fog, mist etc., which allows light through. / A shallow place in a stream; a ford.

The earthquake caused a rift in the ground.

意味（1）

A chasm or fissure.

My marriage is in trouble: the fight created a rift between us and we can't reconnect.

意味（2）

A break in the clouds, fog, mist etc., which allows light through.

I have but one rift in the darkness, that is that I have injured no one save myself by my folly, and that the extent of that folly you will never learn.

意味（3）

A shallow place in a stream; a ford.