The past tense can be either cleaved or clove; the past participle can be cleaved, cloven, or cleft for meaning 1, and is cleaved for meaning 2. 过去式可写作 cleaved 或 clove;用于义项1时,过去分词可写作 cleaved, cloven 或 cleft,用于义项2时,过去分词写作 cleaved。
- VERB 劈开;砍开
To cleave something means to split or divide it into two separate parts, often violently.
- They just cleave the stone along the cracks.
他们就是顺着裂缝把石头劈开。
- VERB 坚守;信守;忠于
If someone cleaves to something or to someone else, they begin or continue to have strong feelings of loyalty towards them.
- She has cleaved to these principles all her life...
她这一辈子都恪守这些原则。 - He still clove to this ideal.
他仍然坚守着这个理想。