英 [ɡʌlf] 美 [ɡʌlf]
n. 海湾；鸿沟，分歧；波斯湾；（地面的）裂口，深渊
复数gulfs
第三人称单数gulfs
现在分词gulfing
过去式gulfed
过去分词gulfed
gulf /ɡʌlf/ CET4 TEM4
可数名词 A gulf is an important or significant difference between two people, things, or groups. 巨大的差距
Within society, there is a growing gulf between rich and poor.
在社会的内部，贫富之间有着一道日益加深的鸿沟。
可数名词 A gulf is a large area of sea which extends a long way into the surrounding land. 海湾
Hurricane Andrew was last night heading into the Gulf of Mexico.
安德鲁飓风昨晚进入墨西哥湾。
an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay
an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding)
he felt a gulf between himself and his former friends
同义词： disconnect / disconnection
a deep wide chasm
海湾湾
海湾
湾
海湾
客人可以充分使用设备齐全的健身房和室内游泳池，同时还可欣赏海湾（Gulf）的全景。
...用头箍和民用头箍，品种繁多，规格齐全，承接来样订做，自营出口海外市场，深受中东（the Middle East）及海湾地区（Gulf area）人士的喜爱。阿拉伯头箍（Arab head hoop）.
拥有四座桥塔、世界上第二长的拉索式斜拉挢，横跨在帕特雷（Patra）附近的科林斯湾（Gulf of Corinth）之上。 天空之桥（Skybridge）：位于加拿大，是世界上最长的铁路专用桥，横跨弗雷塞河（Fraser R.
A crisis was rapidly developing in the Gulf.
海湾危机迅速加剧。
The tremor was centred in the Gulf of Sirte.
地震以苏尔特湾为中心。
The low, marshy land runs out for miles toward the gulf.
这片低洼的沼泽地沿海湾方向延伸数英里。
About twenty thousand ships pass through the Gulf of Aden each year on their way to the Suez Canal.
VOA : special.2009.05.27
It isn't the Red Sea. That's a mistranslation that occurred very very early on, so it's led to the notion that they were at the Gulf of Aqaba or somewhere near the actual big ocean water.
并不是红海，这个错误的翻译很早以前就存在了,让人们以为是在亚喀巴湾,或者是接近真正意义的大洋的什么地方。
旧约导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
At the same time, Lyndon B. Johnson was ratcheting up the Vietnam War, so the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was passed in 1964, which authorized bombing raids on Cambodia.
与此同时约翰逊总统要将越南战争升级，所以，在1964年，《东京湾决议》获得通过，这也使在柬埔寨的空袭，得到了授权。
1945年后的美国小说课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
In recent years, a shining city grew in the desert of Dubai on and even off -- the Gulf coast.
VOA : special.2009.12.04
The Richelieu joins the Saint Lawrence River which feeds into the Atlantic Ocean at the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.
VOA : special.2009.01.05
He made a fortune in 2007, buying Chinese, Indian and Gulf States stocks and non-U.S. currencies.
In 1987, Gangel covered the Iran-Iraq war as part of the Pentagon pool in the Persian Gulf.
Note that companies specializing in the Gulf of Mexico tend to trade at discounts to onshore firms.