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ground LANDgraJndnthe surface of the Earth, the floor of a room, or a piece of land esp. used for a particular purpose地面;地板;场地;(作特殊用途的)场地We placed a rug on the ground for the picnic. [U]我们为了野餐在地上铺了一块小地毯。The vase wobbled from the table and fell to the ground. [U]这个花瓶从桌上晃着掉到了地上。The factory is to be built on waste ground outside the town. [U]这座工厂将建在城外的一块荒地上。a football ground [C]足球场a training ground [C]训练场(fig. ) A country village can be a fertile breeding ground for prejudice (= place where this can develop). [C]乡村可以成为一块滋长偏见的肥沃土地。The ground is also the earth and rocks that the Earth's surface is made of.泥土;土地The ground was frozen hard and was impossible to dig. [U]泥土被冻得很硬，掘地是不可能的。If something happens above/below ground, it happens above or below the Earth's surface.在地上/下The badger appears above ground at night.獾晚上出现在地面上。The nuclear fallout shelters are built below ground.防核尘埃辐射掩体建在地下。The whole village was burnt/razed to the ground (= completely destroyed by fire with no buildings left).整个村庄被大火夷为平地。She's working so hard that she's driving/ working herself into the ground (= making herself extremely tired and ill because of work).她这样拼命地干活使自己疲惫不堪而生病。Their political ideas have a lot of support on the ground (= among the general public).他们的政治见解在群众中得到很多支持。When a person or animal goes/is run to ground/(Br also) earth, they hide in order to escape someone or something following them.潜伏;躲藏He found the constant media attention intolerable and went to ground abroad for several months.他发觉一直受媒体注意是无法忍受的，于是就到国外躲避了几个月。They ran the fox to ground in a small wood.他们追捕狐狸追到一片小树林中。(Am) A ground ball is a grounder.(棒球、板球和橄榄球等的)地滚球If something is ground-breaking, it is very new and a big change from other things of its type.开辟新天地的His latest film is interesting, but not ground-breaking.他的最新影片很有趣，但没有开拓性。Ground cover is plants which grow thickly and close to the ground, sometimes used in gardens to prevent WEEDS (= unwanted wild plants) from growing.地被植物This plant grows quickly and provides excellent ground cover.这种植物长得很快，是很好的地被植物。The ground crew at an airport are the people who take care of the aircraft while it is on the ground.(机场)地勤人员The ground floor (Am usually and Aus also first floor) of a building is the floor that is level with the ground.建筑物的底层Ground frost is a temperature at or below freezing point on and near the ground during the night which can damage plants.地面霜Ground level is the same level as the surface of the ground.地面;水平线There are several small holes in the fence at ground level.栅栏的地面部分上有几个小洞。The window is 2 metres above ground level.这扇窗高于水平线2米。A ground plan is the plan that has been drawn of a building or (fig. ) the basic plan of action for something.房屋的底层平面图;(喻)初步计划(fig. esp. Am) He doesn't have a ground plan, he just makes decisions as the need arises.他没有一个基本计划，只是当需要时才做出决定。Ground rent is money paid by the owner of a building or apartment to the person who owns the land on which it has been built.付给建筑物地产主的地租Ground rules are rules on which future action is based.基本原则A committee will lay down the ground rules for what the crew can and can't do.一个委员会将会制定基本原则，规定员工可以干什么和不可以干什么。(specialized) An aircraft's ground speed is its speed when measured against the ground rather than the air through which it moves.地速(指飞行器相对于地面的速度)Ground staff are the people whose job is to take care of a sports ground and its equipment.管理运动场及其设备的人员A ground stroke in tennis and similar games is when you hit the ball after it has hit the ground.(网球等)击落地球
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