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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

world [wəːld]
  1. 1. noun the world (earth) 世界
    in many parts of the world
    在世界的许多地方
  2. 2. noun [c] (planet) 星球
  3. 3. noun [c] (everyday existence) 生活
    It was as if my world had collapsed.
    这就好像我的生活已经崩溃了。
  4. 4. noun [c] (sphere) 界
    The world of football is very competitive.
    足球界竞争很激烈。
  5. 5. cpd [+champion, record, power, authority] 世界
  6. 6. cpd [+tour] 环球
    all over the world
    全世界
    to think the world of sb
    非常看重某人
    what in the world is he doing?
    他究竟在做什么？
    it'll do you a {or} the world of good
    [inf] 这会对你大有好处
    out of this world
    [inf] 无与伦比的
    World War One/Two
    第一次/第二次世界大战

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

world [wɝld] [wəːld]
  1. 1. noun 世界；天下
    The commercial agora on Ephesus was one of the largest and most impressive in the world.
    以弗所的贸易市场是世界上规模最大，影响最深的贸易市场之一。
  2. 2. noun 地球
  3. 3. noun 世间；人间；尘世；物质生活
  4. 4. noun 宇宙；万物
  5. 5. noun 假想中有人类居住的天体
    worlds in space
    空间的有人天体
  6. 6. noun 人类
  7. 7. noun 公众；众人；世人
    a discovery that startled the world
    震惊世人的发现
  8. 8. noun 地球上的某一部分
    the Old World
    旧大陆
  9. 9. noun 社会发展的某一历史时期
    the ancient world
    古代社会
  10. 10. noun 范围；领域
    the animal world
    动物世界
  11. 11. noun 人类活动的范畴；界
    the world of music
    音乐界
  12. 12. noun 生存（或存在）的范畴
    the world of tomorrow
    明日世界
  13. 13. noun （个人）经历；身世；眼界
    a man whose world in narrow
    眼界狭窄的人
  14. 14. noun 世人；凡人
  15. 15. noun [常作复数形态]大量；无数
    The rest did him a world (或worlds) of good.
    其他人为他做了大量好事。
  16. 16. noun 天体；恒星；行星

Collins English-English Dictionary

world [w3ːld]
  1. 1. n the earth as a planet, esp including its inhabitants
  2. 2. n mankind; the human race
  3. 3. n people generally; the public
    in the eyes of the world
  4. 4. n social or public life
    to go out into the world
  5. 5. n the universe or cosmos; everything in existence
  6. 6. n a complex united whole regarded as resembling the universe
  7. 7. n any star or planet, esp one that might be inhabited
  8. 8. n [often capital] a division or section of the earth, its history, or its inhabitants
    the Western World
    the Ancient World
    the Third World
  9. 9. n an area, sphere, or realm considered as a complete environment
    the animal world
  10. 10. n any field of human activity or way of life or those involved in it
    the world of television
  11. 11. n a period or state of existence
    the next world
  12. 12. n the total circumstances and experience of an individual that make up his life, esp that part of it relating to happiness
    you have shattered my world
  13. 13. n a large amount, number, or distance
    worlds apart
  14. 14. n worldly or secular life, ways, or people
  15. 15. n See possible world
  16. 16. n [informal] wonderful; excellent
  17. 17. n [modifier] of or concerning most or all countries; worldwide
    world politics
    a world record
  18. 18. n [in combination] throughout the world
    world-famous
  19. 19. n [Etymology] Old English w(e)orold, from wer man + ald age, life; related to Old Frisian warld, wrald, Old Norse verold, Old High German wealt (German Welt)
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Examples

英语里World Trade Organization简写为WTO → 简写
a new world
新世界 → a
A man, young lady! lady, such a man As all the world--why, he's a man of wax," Romeo and Juliet (Act 1, Sc. III).
《罗密欧与朱丽叶》第一幕第三场“尊贵的小姐!这是一个男人，他是一个象世上所有男人一样的男子汉ーー唷，他原来是一个蜡男人!” → anacoluthon
a brave new world
美好的新世界
a looking-glass world
一个七颠八倒的世界 → looking-glass
the nether world
阴间；下层社会 → nether
to inhabit a notional world
居住在幻想世界 → notional
the Old World
旧世界；东半球(欧亚非三洲，尤指欧洲) → old
The world is his oyster.
世界是他猎取好处的场所。 → oyster
the peoples of the world
世界各国人民 → people
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