gap
n.（名詞）
An opening in a solid structure or surface; a cleft or breach:
豁口，裂縫：堅固建築物或表面的開口；裂縫或缺口：
wriggled through a gap in the fence; a large gap in the wall where the artillery shell had exploded.
從籬笆間的缺口處穿過；炮彈片在墻上炸的大豁口
A break in a line of defense.
防線缺口
An opening through mountains; a pass.
山凹，隘口：山脈中的開口；通道
A space between objects or points; an aperture:
空隙，縫隙：物體或位置的間隔；空隙：
a gap between his front teeth.
他的門牙間的空隙
An interruption of continuity:
中斷：連續性的中斷：
a nine-minute gap in the recorded conversation; needed to fill in the gaps in her knowledge.
錄音談話中有九分鐘的中斷；需要填補她在知識上的不足
A conspicuous difference or imbalance; a disparity:
差距，懸殊：明顯的不同或不平衡；差異：
a gap between revenue and spending; the widening gap between rich and poor.
收入和消費之間的差距；富人與窮人之間很大的懸殊
A problematic situation resulting from such a disparity:
差異所造成的困難狀況：
the budget gap; the technology gap.
預算困難；技術差距
A spark gap.
火花隙
Computer Science An absence of information on a recording medium, often used to signal the end of a segment of information.
計算機科學 間隙，間隔：錄制的媒體上的信息空缺，經常用於給信息片段的末端作標誌
Electronics The distance between the head of a recording device and the surface of the recording medium.
電子學 錄音間隙：錄音磁頭和錄音媒體表面之間的距離
v.（動詞）
gapped， gap.ping， gaps
v.tr.（及物動詞）
To make an opening in.
造成開口，造成裂縫
v.intr.（不及物動詞）
To be or become open.
張開，裂開