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rive

🇬🇧 UK/raiv/🇺🇸 US
GREC2

Definitions

v.

To tear or split apart violently; to cleave or rend

撕裂，劈开，使破碎

n.

A tear or split; a rent or rift

裂缝，裂口

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
riveother
=rive

Common Collocations

  • 1.rive apart撕裂开来
  • 2.rive asunder劈成两半
  • 3.[rive through]猛力穿透
  • 4.[rive in two]一分为二

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The storm's fury rived the ancient oak tree straight down its trunk.

  • 2.

    He rived the logs with a single powerful stroke of the axe.

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