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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- earth [əːθ]
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- earth [ɝθ] [əːθ]
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- 1. noun [偶作 Earth]地球[符号+]
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2.
noun
地球上的人类
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3.
noun
尘世，人间[区别于heaven和hell]
- 4. noun 陆地；地面，地，地上[区别于sea或sky]
- 5. noun 土地；土壤，泥土
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6.
noun
[poem]
构造人体的物质
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7.
noun
[poem]
人的躯体
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8.
noun
[poem]
尘世的事情，一切世俗之事
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9.
noun
（狐、兔、獾等的）洞穴，兽穴
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10.
noun
[antiquated]
国土，国家
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11.
noun
[chemistry]
难以还原的金属：氧化物类（如氧化铝，氧化锆，氧化锶）
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12.
noun
[England]
[electronics]
【同义词】ground
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13.
vt.
用土覆盖（根部等以保护种子或植物）；在…四周壅土（up）
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14.
vt.
把（兽）赶入洞穴
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15.
vi.
（狐等）躲进洞穴
Collins English-English Dictionary
- earth [3ːθ]
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1.
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: 12
756 km; mass: 5.976 1024 kg; sidereal period of axial rotation: 23 hours 56 minutes 4 seconds; sidereal period of revolution about sun: 365.256 days -
2.
n
a terminal to which this connection is made ground
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3.
n
the inhabitants of this planet
- the whole earth rejoiced
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4.
n
earth colour any of various brown pigments composed chiefly of iron oxides
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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 er
a
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1.
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: 12
Examples
- the accretion of earth on the shore
- 岸边的冲积物 → accretion
- the moon's circuit of the earth
- 月亮绕地球的环行 → circuit
- the citied earth
- 建有城市的陆地 → citied
- The first earth satellite marked a new epoch in the study of the universe.
- 第一个地球卫星标志了宇宙研究的新纪元。 → epoch
- packed earth
- 夯得坚实的泥土 → pack
- a scorched-earth policy
- 焦土政策 → scorch
- to stamp the grass down to the earth
- 把草踩进地里 → stamp
- What on earth do you mean?
- 你究竟是什么意思？
- He continued his progress around the earth.
- 他继续自己的环球旅行。 → progress
- Men appeared on earth about three or four million of years ago.
- 人类于三四百万年前开始在地球上出现。 → man
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