| 单词 | earth |
| 释义 | earth¹ 1.(planet)地球 The earth moves around the sun.地球绕着太阳运转。 The space shuttle returned safely to earth today.航天飞机今天安全返回地球。 a fault in the Earth's crust地壳断层 2.(ground)陆地；地面 The earth shook and the walls of neighbouring houses fell around them.地面摇晃, 周围房屋的墙体在他们身边倒塌。 It was good to feel solid earth under my feet again.再次踏上坚实地面的感觉真是太棒了。 to fall to earth落到地上 The meteorite fell to earth in the middle of the Sahara desert.陨石坠落在了撒哈拉沙漠的中央。 3.(soil)土壤；泥土 a huge mound of earth巨大的土丘 I wiped the earth off the coin and inspected it closely.我擦去这枚钱币上的泥土, 仔细察看。 4.符号为E【电】<英>(connection)地线 5.【电】<英>(terminal)接地端 6.(fox's burrow)(尤指狐狸的)穴, 洞, 地洞 7.=earth colour 8.<文>(inhabitants of earth)(居住在地球上的)全人类 All the earth shall give thanks.全人类都将心存感激。 9.【宗】(worldly matters)俗事 idiom earth² ◆to bring sb down to earthorto bring sb back to earth使某人回到现实中来 I was brought back down to earth with a bump by this revelation.真相的披露让我一下子清醒了过来。 ◆to come down to earthorto come back to earth(激动之后)恢复正常生活, 回到现实 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, 他承认道, “当时感觉妙不可言。” ◆to cost the earth<非正式>非常昂贵 Eating organically needn't cost the earth.并不是非得花一大笔钱才吃得到有机食品。 to cost sb the earth花费某人一大笔钱 It cost me the earth to have Jemima's teeth fixed.给杰迈玛修整牙齿花了我一大笔钱。 ◆on earth (after a question word)(用于以how、why、what 或where 开始的问句, 表示强调, 通常表示问题没有明显答案)到底, 究竟 Why on earth didn't you call me?你到底是为什么没给我打电话？ Where on earth are they?他们现在到底在哪里？ (at all)(用于否定名词短语后表强调)根本, 完全 There is no feeling on earth like winning for the first time.初尝胜利滋味的感觉真是无可比拟。 (on the planet)(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 the greatest show on earth世界上最精彩的演出 ◆to pay the earth<非正式>花费一大笔钱 They paid the earth to have their garden landscaped.他们花了一大笔钱请人在他们的花园里造景美化。 ◆to run sth/sb to earth<英>(find)掘地三尺终于找到…；找了好久终于找到… She ran him to earth in the pub at five to one.她找遍所有地方终于在差5分1点钟的时候在酒吧找到了他。 I finally ran a copy to earth in a second-hand bookshop.我找了好久, 终于在一家二手书店找到了一本。 【猎】+ fox把(猎物)赶到洞穴并将其困在里面 🄰 vt. 【电】<英>+ appliance, plug把…接地 Light fittings with metal parts should always be earthed.有金属配件的灯具都应接地。 🄱 vi. 【猎】fox +(被追猎的狐狸)钻进地洞 Phrasal Verbearth up |
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