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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- universe ['juːnɪvəːs]
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noun
[c]
宇宙
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1.
noun
[c]
宇宙
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
Collins English-English Dictionary
- universe ['juːnɪ,v3ːs]
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n
[astronomy]
the aggregate of all existing matter, energy, and space
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2.
n
human beings collectively
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n
a province or sphere of thought or activity
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n
another word for population
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n
[Etymology]
C16: from French univers, from Latin
u niversum the whole world, fromu niversus all together, fromuni- + vertere to turn
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1.
n
[astronomy]
the aggregate of all existing matter, energy, and space
Examples
- 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
- the mechanism of the universe
- 宇宙的结构 → mechanism
- each thing in the universe
- 宇宙间的每一事物 → thing
- It is possible that there is life elsewhere in the universe.
- 宇宙中的某个地方可能还有其他生命存在。 → universe
- After the tragic accident, she lives in her own universe.
- 那次悲剧发生后，她只能生活在自己的世界里。 → universe
- Her son is her whole universe.
- 儿子是她生活的全部。 → universe
- The universe is made of different kinds of matters.
- 宇宙是由各种物质构成的。 → matter
- The Earth is the most beautiful place in the whole universe.
- 整个宇宙中，地球是最漂亮的家园。 → earth
- the architecture of the universe → architecture
- an egocentric universe → egocentric
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