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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- earth
[əːθ]
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1.
noun
[u/s]
(also： the Earth) (planet) 地球
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2.
noun
[u]
(land surface) 陆地
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3.
noun
[u]
(soil) 泥土
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4.
noun
[c]
[BRIT]
[电子]
接地[美 = ground]
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5.
noun
[c]
[of fox]
穴
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6.
vt.
[BRIT]
[电子]
把…接地[美 = ground]
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what/where/why on earth...?
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究竟什么/在哪/为什么…？
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to bring sb/come down to earth
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使某人回到现实中来
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- earth
[ɜːrθ]
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1.
noun
地球
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The Earth is the third planet from the Sun.
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地球是太阳系第三颗行星。
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2.
n.[u]
[Singular]
泥土，土地
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The earth we stood on had given a sudden lurch.
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我脚下的地突然倾斜了一下。
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They dug into the earth outside the church.
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他们在教堂外挖地。
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3.
n.[u]
[Singular]
陆地，大地，地面
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The sea would gradually cover the earth in the future.
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将来，大海会逐渐淹没陆地。
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The earth shook for several minutes.
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大地摇晃了几分钟。
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4.
noun
尘世
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I struggled to achieve the alternative vision of a new heaven on earth.
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我竭力在地球上实现一个另类的人间天堂。
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It was hell on earth.
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那里是人间地狱。
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5.
n.[u]
[Philosophy]
土
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Earth was believed to be one of the four elements in the universe.
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土壤被认为是宇宙四要素之一。
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6.
n.[u]
人世，今世
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The concerns of earth are different from mine.
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世俗的忧虑同我的忧虑不尽相同。
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7.
n.[c]
接地，地线
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The earth is a connection between any electrical device and the conducting body.
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接地装置是电力设备和导体之间的一个连接体。
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8.
n.[u]
[Singular]
地球；世界
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9.
n.[c]
洞穴，兽穴
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10.
n.[c]
[Chemistry]
氧化物类
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11.
vi.
躲进洞穴
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12.
vt.
[British English]
[Electronics]
使接地
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He was the lightning rod and could earth the power within her.
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他就像避雷针，能够激发她内心的力量。
Collins English-English Dictionary
- earth
[3ːθ]
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1.
n
a terminal to which this connection is made ground
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2.
n
earth colour any of various brown pigments composed chiefly of iron oxides
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3.
n
[sometimes capital]
the third planet from the sun, the only planet on which life is known to exist. It is not quite spherical, being flattened at the poles, and consists of three geological zones, the core, mantle, and thin outer crust. The surface, covered with large areas of water, is enveloped by an atmosphere principally of nitrogen (78 per cent), oxygen (21 per cent), and some water vapour. The age is estimated at over four thousand million years. Distance from sun: 149.6 million km; equatorial diameter: 12756 km; mass: 5.9761024 kg; sidereal period of axial rotation: 23 hours 56 minutes 4 seconds; sidereal period of revolution about sun: 365.256 days
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4.
n
the inhabitants of this planet
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the whole earth rejoiced
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5.
n
the dry surface of this planet as distinguished from sea or sky; land; ground
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6.
n
the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the surface of the ground and consists of disintegrated rock particles, mould, clay, etc; soil
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7.
n
worldly or temporal matters as opposed to the concerns of the spirit
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8.
n
the hole in which some species of burrowing animals, esp foxes, live
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9.
n
See rare earth alkaline earth
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10.
n
[chem]
a connection between an electrical circuit or device and the earth, which is at zero potential
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11.
n
[modifier]
[astrology]
of or relating to a group of three signs of the zodiac, Taurus, Virgo, and Capricorn - Compare air fire water
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12.
vi.
[intr]
(of a hunted fox) to go to ground
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13.
vt.
[tr]
to connect (a circuit, device, etc) to earth
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14.
vt.
See also earth up
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15.
vt.
[Etymology]
Old English eorthe; related to Old Norse jorth, Old High German ertha, Gothic airtha, Greek era
Examples
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The moon orbits around the earth and the earth around the sun.
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月球绕着地球转，地球绕着太阳转。
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the accretion of earth on the shore
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岸边的冲积物
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the citied earth
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建有城市的陆地
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packed earth
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夯得坚实的泥土
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a scorched-earth policy
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焦土政策
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What on earth do you mean?
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你究竟是什么意思？
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