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| 詞匯 | earth |
| 釋義 | earth/ ?:θ, AmE ?:rθ/ n (1) 地球(planet on which human beings live; the third planet in order of distance from the sun) [U,the~]: There's been life on~for millions of years. 地球上的生命已經(jīng)存在了數(shù)百萬(wàn)年。Is the E~nearer the sun than the Mars is? 地球比火星離太陽(yáng)更近嗎? The astronauts returned safely from the moon to the~. 宇航員們安全地從月球返回地球。 (2) 世界;地(the world,especially the physical world regarded as the place where people live or as opposed to heaven) [sing]: The~is divided into several continents. 世界被分成幾個(gè)大洲。heaven and~天與地; 〖同〗world; (3) 陸地,地面(part of the planet Earth that has a solid surface,dry land or the ground) [sing]: The dead bird/snowflakes fell to the~. 那只死鳥/雪花落到地面上。the~,sea and sky 陸地,海洋和天空; 〖同〗 land,ground; (4) 土地(壤),泥(土) (soft,crumbly,or powdery substance forming much of the surface of the planet Earth;soil) [U]:seeds sprouting in the moist~種子在濕潤(rùn)的土壤里發(fā)芽;fill a hole/cover the roots of a plant with~用土把洞填上/把植物的根莖蓋上;a handful of/a pile of~一把土/一堆土; The fallen leaves turned~. 落葉化作泥土?!纪絚lay,dirt,dust,soil; cost (sb)the earth 昂貴的,花錢多的(infml): He wants to buy a house,but it costs the~. 他想買一座房子,但價(jià)錢太貴了。 come back/down to earth 回到現(xiàn)實(shí) (infml): When he had spent all his money,he came back to~. 當(dāng)他把錢花光之后,他又回到現(xiàn)實(shí)中。 down to earth (down-to-earth) 老實(shí),實(shí)際:He is a very down-to-~person. 他是個(gè)很誠(chéng)實(shí)的人。Their first plan was too fancy,but the second was more down-to-~. 他們的第一個(gè)計(jì)劃過(guò)于幻想,但第二個(gè)計(jì)劃就現(xiàn)實(shí)多了。 feel/look like nothing on earth 拙劣的,奇怪的 (infml): He looks like nothing on~in those strange clothes. 他穿著奇裝異服的樣子很怪。 go to earth 躲藏 (infml): They've gone to~,and we can't find them. 他們藏了起來(lái),我們找不到他們。 (how/why/where/who) on earth 到底(用于加強(qiáng)語(yǔ)氣) (infml): What on~are you going to do? 你到底要干什么? He could think of nothing on~to say. 他怎么也想不出該說(shuō)什么。 run sb/sth to earth 追獲,追查出:The police ran the fugitives to~in London. 警察一直追到倫敦才將罪犯逮捕。 →′earthen adj 泥土做的,大地的;′earthiness n 土質(zhì),樸實(shí);′earthling n 凡人,俗人;′earthly adj 地球的,世俗的;′earthliness n 世俗;′earthy adj 泥土的,現(xiàn)實(shí)的; 【辨異】earth與world和globe均指我們所居住的星球或世界。earth指表面有陸地及水域的地球,以別于太陽(yáng),星星等其他星球或宗教中的天堂與地獄,如:the gravitational attraction of the earth (地心引力); world 指人類居住的世界,通常指全體人類及人類事務(wù),如:all the nations of the world (世界各國(guó)人民); globe 則強(qiáng)調(diào)地球的圓的形狀,如: Today people on earth can fly around the globe in just a few days. (現(xiàn)在地球上的人類只用幾天的時(shí)間便可飛遍全球。) |
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