mass noun
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- a continuous area or expanse which is free, available, or unoccupied空间：
a table took up much of the space
一张桌子占了很大空间
count noun we shall all be living together in a small space我们要一起生活在一个狭小的空间里
he reversed out of the parking space.
他从停车场倒车出来。
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- count noun an area of land which is not occupied by buildings空地：
she had a love of open spaces.
她很喜欢开阔的地方。
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- count noun a blank between printed, typed, or written words, characters, numbers, etc.（印刷、打字、书写的词语、字母和数字之间的）间隔, 空格, 空铅。
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- count noun Music each of the four gaps between the five lines of a stave【乐】（谱表的）线间空白; 线间。
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- an interval of time (often used to suggest that the time is short considering what has happened or been achieved in it)一段时间; 期间［常用以暗指短暂的时间］：
both their cars were stolen in the space of three days.
他俩的车在三天时间里都被偷了。
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- pages in a newspaper, or time between television or radio programmes, available for advertising（报纸的）广告专页; （电视、广播节目间的）广告插播时间。
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- （亦作commercial space）an area rented or sold as business premises（出租或出售的）商铺。
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- the amount of paper used or needed to write about a subject篇幅：
there is no space to give further details.
没有篇幅叙述更多的细节了。
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- the freedom and scope to live, think, and develop in a way that suits one（适合于自己生活、思考和发展的）自由空间：
a teenager needing her own space.
青少年需要自己的空间。
1.9
- Telecommunications one of two possible states of a signal in certain systems【电信】空号。 MARK1的反义词。
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- the dimensions of height, depth, and width within which all things exist and move空间：
the work gives the sense of a journey in space and time.
这部作品给人一种经历了一次时空旅行的感觉。
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- （亦作outer space）the physical universe beyond the earth's atmosphere（地球大气层以外的）外层空间。
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- the near-vacuum extending between the planets and stars, containing small amounts of gas and dust（行星和恒星之间, 只含少量气体和灰尘的、近乎真空的）空间。
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- Mathematics a mathematical concept generally regarded as a set of points having some specified structure【数】空间。
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- with obj.（常作be spaced）position (two or more items) at a distance from one another把（两个或两个以上事物）分隔开：
the houses are spaced out.
那些房子相互之间都有距离。
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- (in printing or writing) put blanks between (words, letters, or lines)（印刷或书写中）在（词语, 字母, 行）之间加空格：
as noun spacing the default setting is single line spacing.默认设置为单行间距。
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- （be spaced out 或 〈主美〉space out）informal be or become euphoric or disorientated, especially from taking drugs; cease to be aware of one's surroundings〈非正式〉（尤指因使用致幻毒品而）感受欣快（或变得迷迷糊糊）; 产生幻觉：
I was so tired that I began to feel totally spaced out
我太累了, 开始感到完全迷糊了
I kind of space out for a few minutes.
有几分钟我感到有点儿昏昏沉沉的。
短语
watch this space
- informal further developments are expected and more information will be given later〈非正式〉关注后继进展。
派生词
spacer
noun词源
Middle English: shortening of Old French espace, from Latin spatium. Current verb senses date from the late 17th cent.