名詞 gap:

1. a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures
   同義詞：spread
2. an open or empty space in or between things
   同義詞：opening
3. a narrow opening
   同義詞：crack
4. a pass between mountain peaks
   同義詞：col
5. a difference (especially an unfortunate difference) between two opinions or two views or two situations
6. an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
   同義詞：break, interruption, disruption

動(dòng)詞 gap:

1. make an opening or gap in
   同義詞：breach

1. How can we bridge the gap between rich and poor?
   怎樣才能縮小貧富之間的差距?
2. Reducing the gap between rich and poor is one of the main challenges facing the government.
   縮小貧富之間的差距是政府面臨的主要難題之一。
3. They planed to narrow the gap between imports and exports.
   他們計(jì)劃縮小進(jìn)出口的差額。
4. The gate was locked but we went through a gap in the fence.
   大門鎖上了，但是我們從籬笆的缺口中鉆了出去。
5. There is a generation gap between my parents and I.
   我父母和我之間有代溝。
6. The road goes through a gap in the hills.
   這條路穿過(guò)兩條山脈之間的峽谷。

gap

n.（名詞）

An opening in a solid structure or surface; a cleft or breach:
豁口，裂縫：堅(jiān)固建筑物或表面的開(kāi)口；裂縫或缺口：
例句：
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(guò)；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(kāi)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：
例句：
a gap between his front teeth.
他的門牙間的空隙

An interruption of continuity:
中斷：連續(xù)性的中斷：
例句：
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(bǔ)她在知識(shí)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：
例句：
a gap between revenue and spending; the widening gap between rich and poor.
收入和消費(fèi)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：
例句：
the budget gap; the technology gap.
預(yù)算困難；技術(shù)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(jì)算機(jī)科學(xué)】 間隙，間隔：記錄介質(zhì)上的信息空缺，經(jīng)常用于給信息片段的末端作標(biāo)志
Electronics The distance between the head of a recording device and the surface of the recording medium.
【電子學(xué)】 錄音間隙：錄音磁頭和錄音媒體表面之間的距離
v.（動(dòng)詞）
gapped,gap.ping,gaps
v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
To make an opening in.
造成開(kāi)口，造成裂縫
v.intr.（不及物動(dòng)詞）
To be or become open.
張開(kāi)，裂開(kāi)

來(lái)源：
Middle English
中古英語(yǔ)
from Old Norse [chasm]
源自 古斯堪的納維亞語(yǔ) [深坑，裂縫]