interstice
/ɪnˈtɜː.stɪs//ɪnˈtɚ.stəs/
- n.
- 空隙，裂缝
中文释义来自 ECDICT
词源链
- 英语English
interstice
词源说明
From late Middle English interstice, from Old French interstice or directly from Latin interstitium (“a space between, gap, interval”), ultimately from intersistere (“to stand in between, to stop in the middle”), from inter- + sistere (“to stand, to stop”).
释义
名词noun
- 1A small opening or space between objects, especially adjacent objects or objects set closely together, such as between cords in a rope, components of a multiconductor electrical cable or atoms in a crystal.
- 2figurativeA fragment of space.