earth
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ɜːθ]
- 美式音标 [ɝːθ]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- n. 地球；地表，陆地；土地，土壤；尘事，俗事；兽穴
- vt. 把（电线）[电] 接地；盖（土）；追赶入洞穴
- vi. 躲进地洞
词源解说
- 直接源自古英语的eorthe；最初源自希腊语的era，意为地球。
同根派生
- adj性质的同根词
- earthly：地球的；尘世的；可能的。
- earthy：土的；土质的；朴实的；粗俗的。
- earthen：土制的；陶制的；地球上的。
- earthborn：地中长出的；会死的；尘世的；凡人的。
- earthbound：只在地面的；向地球移动的。
- n性质的同根词
- earthling：世人，俗人；凡人，居住在地球上的人。
- earthman：地球人（该词源于科幻小说）。
用法辨析
- earth的基本意思是“地球”,指相对于其他天体来说,为人类生存提供条件的星体; 还可指“大地,地面,陆地”,指相对于天空而言的为人类和其他生物提供居住地的地球表面。earth还可指“泥土,土壤”。earth引申可指“全人类”; earth用于比喻还可指“大量的钱”。
- earth作“地球”解时常以单数形式出现,前加定冠词,也可作为专有名词,这时要用(the) Earth的形式,冠词可有可无,而现在多用the earth形式,但如果和天空、天体相对时,前面常不加冠词。
- earth作“泥土,土壤”解时,是物质名词,泛指时不用冠词,特指或类指时须用定冠词。
- on earth意为“究竟”,可用在疑问句或否定句中加强语气。
n. (名词)
词组短语
- break earth 破土动工
- circle the earth 环绕地球运行
- cost the earth 花一大笔钱
- envelop the earth 笼罩大地
- orbit the earth 环绕地球轨道运行
用作名词 (n.)
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英英字典
- (PLANET) the planet third in order of distance from the sun, between Venus and Mars; the world on which we live
- (GROUND) the land surface of the world rather than the sky or sea
- (WIRE) a wire that makes a connection between a piece of electrical equipment and the ground, so the user is protected from feeling an electric shock if the equipment develops a fault
- (HOLE) a hole in the ground where an animal such as a fox lives
- to put an earth (= wire) between a piece of electrical equipment and the ground
- Earth or the Earth is the planet on which we live. People usually say Earth when they are referring to the planet as part of the universe, and the Earth when they are talking about the planet as the place where we live.
- The earth is the land surface on which we live and move around.
- Earth is the substance on the land surface of the earth, for example clay or sand, in which plants grow.
- The earth in an electric plug or piece of electrical equipment is the wire through which electricity passes into the ground and which makes the equipment safe.
- &rarrsee also down-to-earth
- On earth is used for emphasis in questions that begin with words such as "how," "why," "what," or "where." It is often used to suggest that there is no obvious or easy answer to the question being asked.
- On earth is used for emphasis after some negative noun groups, for example "no reason."
- If you come down to earth or back to earth, you have to face the reality of everyday life after a period of great excitement.
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专业释义
- 土
The process of the large scale earth construciion includes cutting earth,transporting,filling and compacting.
在大规模土方工程中,一般要在作业过程中同时进行挖掘、运输、填土和压实。化学
- 难以还原的金属氧化物(如氧化铝、氧化锆、氧化锶)
- 地球
Volcanic activity is one of the most splendid geological phenomenon on the earth.
火山活动是地球上最为壮观的地质现象之一。 - 大地
The dyadic Green"s functions of two-layered earth are derived by the method of scattered superposition.
用散射、叠加方法推导出两层大地的并矢格林函数。 - 泥土
- 地球椭球
- 地球
In the earth, there are rich and vast marine natural resources.
地球的海洋自然资源丰饶、浩瀚。 - 地
- 大地
In artistic works, the truth of things emerged, the world built and the earth produced.
在艺术作品中，存在者的真理发生，世界建立并完成对大地的制造，世界和大地亲密的对立争执在作品统一体中表现出来。历史学
- 额秃根
- 地球
- (接)地；地线(=ground)
- 接地
- 地
- 地
- 接地
- 通地
- 地球
- 土
- 土
- 地球