gulf/bay/bight/cove.导航词义：海湾

1. gulf:n. 海湾.指由海岸围成半圆形的一大片海域，一般比 bay 大。

the gulf War

海湾战争

the Persian gulf

波斯湾

The Mississippi River empties into the gulf of Mexico.

密西西比河注入墨西哥湾。

2. bay:n. 海湾.指沿弯曲的海岸线形成的宽阔水域，常为港口的所在地。

Tokyo Bay

东京湾

the Bay of Biscay

比斯开湾

She painted the picturesque fishing village lying on the bay.

她画了坐落在海湾的一个风景如画的渔村。

3. bight:n. 海湾；河湾；弯曲部分.指曲线较长的海湾、大河的河湾，或海岸、河岸的弯曲部分。

the Bight of Biafra

比夫拉湾

the Great Australian Bight

大澳大利亚湾

4. cove:n. 小海湾.指有部分陆地屏障的小海湾。

The first fishing boats have left the cove.

第一批渔船离开了小海湾。

We saw two children playing in a cove.

我们看到两个小孩正在一个小海湾里玩耍。

全部

1·A crisis was rapidly developing in the Gulf.

海湾危机迅速加剧。《牛津词典》

2·The tremor was centred in the Gulf of Sirte.

地震以苏尔特湾为中心。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

3·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。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

4·One American pilot was forced to ditch his jet in the Gulf.

一个美国飞行员被迫在海湾紧急迫降其喷气式飞机。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

5·The Persian Gulf has 65 percent of the world's oil reserves.

波斯湾拥有全世界石油储备的65%。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

6·Hurricane Andrew was last night heading into the Gulf of Mexico.

安德鲁飓风昨晚进入墨西哥湾。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

7·Workers who went to the Gulf came from the poorest sectors of Pakistani society.

去海湾的工人们来自巴基斯坦社会最贫穷的阶层。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

8·The role of women in war has been a hot topic of debate since the Gulf conflict.

自海湾冲突以来，女性在战争中的作用一直是一个热门的争论话题。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

9·During this war in the Persian Gulf, NPR will have newscasts every hour on the hour.

在这场海湾战争期间，美国国家公共广播电台会进行整点新闻报道。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

10·They approved a $1.1 billion package of pay increases for the veterans of the Persian Gulf War.

他们批准了为参加过波斯湾战争的退伍军人增付11亿美元的一揽子计划。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

海湾

1·Lobster populations in the gulf of Maine and Georges Bank appear to be healthy.

在缅因州海湾和乔治海岸的龙虾数量看来还算正常。

2·A crisis was rapidly developing in the Gulf.

海湾危机迅速加剧。《牛津词典》

3·He reconnoitred the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, travelling up the magnificent river as far as modern Montreal.

他侦察了圣劳伦斯海湾，沿着壮丽的河流向上前行直到现代的蒙特利尔。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

4·If the Gulf states move to a single currency, as they plan to in the next few years, that currency should surely float.

如果这些海湾国家打算实行单一货币，就像他们在未来几年中计划的那样，那么这种货币也必将是可浮动的。

5·The unusually high mortality rate among dolphin calves in the industrially contaminated waters along Florida's Gulf Coast is probably the result of their being poisoned by their mother's milk.

在佛罗里达海湾沿岸被工业污染的水域中，海豚幼崽异常高的死亡率可能是被它们母亲的乳汁毒害的结果。

深渊

1·The soul, going down stream in this gulf, may become a corpse. Who shall resuscitate it?

漂在那深渊里的心灵可以变成尸体，将来谁使它复活呢？

2·The gulf of the social unknown had silently closed above those beings.

社会上那条不可知的深渊静静地将他们淹没了。

3·Lay vanquished, rolling in the fiery gulf.

沉沦辗转在烈火的深渊中。

4·The lion was a monster sphinx which was astray like them in that gulf of darkness.

这只狮子是个丑怪的斯芬克斯，跟他们一样迷失在这黑暗的深渊里。

5·The tradesmen lifted their caps to Connie as to an acquaintance, and nodded awkwardly to Clifford; that was all. Gulf impassable, and a quiet sort of resentment on either side.

商人见了康妮举举帽子，和对一个任何熟人一样，对克利福相通的深渊，双方都抱着一种沉静的仇恨。

湾

1·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。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

2·The tremor was centred in the Gulf of Sirte.

地震以苏尔特湾为中心。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

3·The larger structure is the Salton Trough, a depression that stretches from the Gulf of California.

比较大的构造是索尔顿海槽，它是从加利福尼亚湾延伸出的一片洼地。

4·The rivers feed into the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska — cold, nutrient-rich waters which support tens of millions of seabirds, and over 400 species of fish, shellfish, crustaceans, and mollusks.

这些河流汇入白令海和阿拉斯加湾这片寒冷而又营养丰富的水域，在这片水域里生活着数千万只海鸟、400多种鱼类、贝类、甲壳类和软体动物。

5·In Port au Choix, Newfoundland, and other communities around the gulf, hundreds of desperate harp seals arrived in late winter to give birth on fragments of ice clinging to the shoreline.

冬末时，成百上千只走投无路的海豹来到纽芬兰Port au Choix港及其他沿海湾地区，就在靠海岸线的零零碎碎的冰块上产崽了。

分歧

1·WIDE as the gulf often is between a country’s economic potential and its citizens’ prosperity, it is rarely as gaping as in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

在国家的经济潜力和民众的富裕兴盛之间，常常存在着难以逾越的长堑，而除刚果共和国之外，很少在其他地方存在如此巨大的分歧。

2·It is not an impossible gulf to bridge.

解决这样的分歧也不是不可能的。

3·They used to be friends but a great gulf have developed between them.

他们过去一直是朋友，但如今两人之间已产生了极大的分歧。

(1)gulf of mexico墨西哥湾（位于北美东南部边缘）

(1)persian gulf波斯湾（简称海湾，在伊朗和阿拉伯半岛之间）

(1)gulf war海湾战争

(1)gulf coast墨西哥湾岸区

(1)gulf of aden亚丁湾（阿拉伯半岛和非洲之角之间的海湾）

(1)beibu gulfn. 北部湾（旧称东京湾，是中国雷州半岛、海南岛和广西壮族自治区及越南之间的海湾）