sprekk

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

1. avlangt hull;
   revne (I, 2)a fissure, brista crack, a fracture a long narrow opening;
   a fissurerevne (I, 2), a crack, a fracturebrist
   • fjellet var fullt av sprekker the rock face was full of cracks
   • en isbre med svære sprekker a glacier with huge crevasses
2. smal åpning narrow opening
   • putte brevet i sprekken på postkassa to put the letter through the slot in the letterbox
   as a suffix in words such as:som etterledd i ord som dørsprekkthe gap between a door and its frame
3. det å gå tom for krefter eller ikke kunne fullføre en plan;
   jamfør sprekke (5)to crack (under strain) a sudden loss of strength, or a failure to see a plan through;
   compare sprekke (5)to crack (under strain)
   • løperen fikk en sprekk etter 35 km the runner hit the wall after 35 km
   • stoffmisbrukeren var redd for en ny sprekk the drug user was afraid of another relapse
4. feil i vurdering av kostnad eller lignende a miscalculation of cost or the like
   • sprekken i kommunens boligprogram skyldes tomtemangel the overrun in the municipality's housing programme is due to a shortage of building plots