"having teeth set wide apart," 1570s, from gap (n.) + toothed "having teeth" (of a certain kind); see tooth (n.). Chaucer's gat-toothed, sometimes altered to this, is from Middle English gat (n.) "opening, passage," from Old Norse gat, cognate with gate (n.).
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1. Like a good businessman, Stewart identified a gap in the market.
像精明的商人一样，斯图尔特发现了市场上的一个空白。
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2. By 1973, this gap had narrowed almost to vanishing point.
到1973年，这一差距已缩小到几乎为零。
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3. There is a credibility gap developing between employers and employees.
雇主和雇员之间出现了信任危机。
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4. Britain needs to bridge the technology gap between academia and industry.
英国需要弥合学术界和企业界之间的技术差距。
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5. Leave a gap at the top and bottom so air can circulate.
