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earth PLANETHV:W, $V:rWn [U]the planet third in order of distance from the Sun, between VENUS and MARS ; the world on which we live地球The Earth takes approximately 365 1/4 days to go round the Sun.地球绕太阳一周大约需365又1/4天。Earth looks incredibly beautiful from space.从太空看，地球美得令人难以置信。Blunkett's Circus is the greatest show on earth (=in the world).布伦基特的马戏团是世界上最出色的。If you are brought back / down back down to earth or you come back/down back down to earth you suddenly stop thinking about pleasant but probably impossible things and are aware instead of the practical or unpleasant facts of real life.（从幻想）回到现实中来The realization of how little work I'd done for the exams brought me abruptly back down to earth.当我意识到还没为考试做任何准备时，立刻回到了现实中。If something or someone is/looks/sounds/tastes like nothing (else) on earth, it seems very strange, unusual or unpleasant.很古怪的;少有的;讨厌的With the black make-up and strange clothes he looked like nothing on earth.他那黑色的化妆和奇装异服使他看上去古里古怪的。(infml) On earth is used after the question words how, what, when, where, who and why to suggest that the expected answer is extreme, unlikely or unpleasant.(用于疑问词后)究竟;到底How on earth did this happen?这到底是怎么发生的?What on earth is that terrible noise?那可怕的噪音究竟是什么声音?The earth means a lot of money.许多钱What a beautiful coat! It must have cost (you) the earth!多漂亮的外套！一定花了(你)很多钱吧！I paid the earth for this leather bag.这个皮包花了我一大笔钱。They charged me the earth for a cup of coffee.我喝了杯咖啡，他们向我漫天要价。(infml) If someone says the earth moved or asks did the earth move for you? they are joking about how good or special a sexual experience was.(&戏谓性经验)十分满足，天摇地动(infml) If you describe a woman as an earth mother you mean she seems full of emotional and spiritual awareness, and seems particularly suited to having and loving children.（能生儿育女的、喜爱孩子的）女人An earth science is one of several sciences, such as GEOLOGY, which deals with the structure, age, etc. of the Earth.地球科学If you describe something as earth-shattering or earth-shaking, you mean that it is extremely important or very surprising.惊天动地的; 极其重要的an earth-shattering discovery极其重要的发现"Earth has not anything to show more fair" (William Wordsworth in the poem Sonnet Composed upon Westminster Bridge, 1807)“世界已经很公正”(选自威廉·华兹华斯的十四行诗“威斯特敏斯特桥”)
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