1 N-PROPER 地球(指宇宙组成部分时用Earth,指人类居住的星球时用the Earth) 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. 地球(指宇宙组成部分时用Earth,指人类居住的星球时用the Earth)
SYN world, planet, globe, sphere
2 N-SING 陆地;地面 The earth is the land surface on which we live and move about. 陆地;地面
3 N-UNCOUNT 泥土;土壤;土地 Earth is the substance on the land surface of the earth, for example clay or sand, in which plants grow. 泥土;土壤;土地
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The road winds for miles through parched earth, scrub and cactus.
公路蜿蜒数英里,穿过炙烤的大地、灌木丛和仙人掌。
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They will revert to tilling the earth in an old-fashioned way.
他们将回归到用老方法耕地。
SYN soil, ground, land, dust
4 N-COUNT (狐等的)洞穴 An earth is a hole in the ground in which an animal such as a fox lives. (狐等的)洞穴
5 N-SING (接)地线 The earth in an electric plug or piece of electrical equipment is the wire through which electricity can pass into the ground, which makes the equipment safe if something goes wrong with it. (接)地线 [British]
in AM, use 美国英语用 ground
6 See also: down-to-earth
7 PHRASE (用于以how, why, what 或 where 开始的问句,表示强调,通常表示问题没有答案或很难回答)究竟,到底 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. (用于以how, why, what 或 where 开始的问句,表示强调,通常表示问题没有答案或很难回答)究竟,到底 [emphasis] [emphasis] [emphasis]
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How on earth did that happen?.
那件事到底怎么发生的?
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What on earth had Luke done?.
卢克究竟做了什么?
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Why on earth would he want to go to such a place?
他到底为什么想去那么个地方?
8 PHRASE (用于否定名词短语后表强调)根本,完全 On earth is used for emphasis after some negative noun groups, for example 'no reason'. (用于否定名词短语后表强调)根本,完全
9 PHRASE (用于包含形容词最高级的名词短语后表示强调)世界上,人世间 On earth is used for emphasis after a noun group that contains a superlative adjective. (用于包含形容词最高级的名词短语后表示强调)世界上,人世间
10 PHRASE (激动之后)恢复正常生活,回到现实 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. (激动之后)恢复正常生活,回到现实
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When he came down to earth after his win he admitted: 'It was an amazing feeling'.
从胜利的喜悦中平复后,他承认:“当时感觉棒极了。”
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I was shocked, brought down to earth by this revelation.
真相的披露让我深感震惊,我被带回了现实。
11 PHRASE [VERB inflects] (经过长时间的寻找后)终于找到 If you run someone or something to earth, you find them after searching for them for a long time. (经过长时间的寻找后)终于找到 [mainly British]
12 PHRASE 价格不菲/斥巨资 If you say that something cost the earth or that you paid the earth for it, you are emphasizing that it cost a very large amount of money. 价格不菲/斥巨资 [informal, emphasis]
13 hell on earth→see: hell to move heaven and earth→see: heaven salt of the earth→see: salt
Quotations
To see the earth as we now see it, small and beautiful in that eternal silence where it floats, is to see ourselves as riders on the earth together, brothers on that bright loveliness in the unending night Archibald MacLeish Riders on Earth
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