"having teeth set wide apart," 1570s, from gap (n.) + toothed "having teeth" (of a certain kind); see tooth (n.). Chaucer's gat-toothed, sometimes altered to this, is from Middle English gat (n.) "opening, passage," from Old Norse gat, cognate with gate (n.).
雙語例句
1. Like a good businessman, Stewart identified a gap in the market.
像精明的商人一樣，斯圖爾特發(fā)現(xiàn)了市場上的一個空白。
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2. By 1973, this gap had narrowed almost to vanishing point.
到1973年，這一差距已縮小到幾乎為零。
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3. There is a credibility gap developing between employers and employees.
雇主和雇員之間出現(xiàn)了信任危機。
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4. Britain needs to bridge the technology gap between academia and industry.
英國需要彌合學(xué)術(shù)界和企業(yè)界之間的技術(shù)差距。
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5. Leave a gap at the top and bottom so air can circulate.