gulf
[gʌlf]
n. 海湾, 深渊, 漩涡, 隔阂

vt. 吞

[] 墨西哥海湾

1. I think there is no gulf between my daughter and I.
   女隔阂。
2. He indicated the location of the Persian Gulf with a pen on the map.
   图标波斯湾位置。
3. The president hugged himself with pleasure over the quick withdrawal from the gulf war.
   总统自己海湾战见感自幸。

gulf
[ noun ]

1. an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay

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2. an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding)

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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

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Gulf \Gulf\ (g[u^]lf), n. [F. golfe, It. golfo, fr. Gr. ko`lpos
bosom, bay, gulf, LGr. ko`lfos.]
1. A hollow place in the earth; an abyss; a deep chasm or
basin,

He then surveyed
Hell and the gulf between. --Milton.

Between us and you there is a great gulf fixed.
--Luke xvi.
26.

2. That which swallows; the gullet. [Obs.] --Shak.

3. That which swallows irretrievably; a whirlpool; a sucking
eddy. --Shak.

A gulf of ruin, swallowing gold. --Tennyson.

4. (Geog.) A portion of an ocean or sea extending into the
land; a partially land-locked sea; as, the Gulf of Mexico.

5. (Mining) A large deposit of ore in a lode.

{Gulf Stream} (Geog.), the warm ocean current of the North
Atlantic.

Note: It originates in the westward equatorial current, due
to the trade winds, is deflected northward by Cape St.
Roque through the Gulf of Mexico, and flows parallel to
the coast of North America, turning eastward off the
island of Nantucket. Its average rate of flow is said
to be about two miles an hour. The similar Japan
current, or Kuro-Siwo, is sometimes called the Gulf
Stream of the Pacific.

{Gulf weed} (Bot.), a branching seaweed ({Sargassum
bacciferum}, or sea grape), having numerous berrylike air
vessels, -- found in the Gulf Stream, in the Sargasso Sea,
and elsewhere.