cleave

1. V-T To cleave something means to split or divide it into two separate parts, often violently. 劈開[文學(xué)性]

They just cleave the stone along the cracks. 他們就沿著裂縫把石頭劈開。

2. V-I If someone cleaves to something or to someone else, they begin or continue to have strong feelings of loyalty towards them. 堅忠于[正式]

She has cleaved to these principles all her life. 她一生堅守這些原則。