earth
柯林斯词典
1. N-PROPER 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
The space shuttle Atlantis returned safely to Earth today. 亚特兰蒂斯号航天飞机今天安全返回地球。
2. N-SING The earth is the land surface on which we live and move around. 陆地; 地面
The earth shook and swayed and the walls of neighbouring houses fell around them. 地面晃动起来，附近房子的墙壁在他们周围坍塌了。
3. N-UNCOUNT Earth is the substance on the land surface of the earth, for example clay or sand, in which plants grow. 土壤; 土地
The road winds for miles through parched earth, scrub and cactus. 那条路蜿蜒数英里，穿过干热的土地、灌木丛和仙人掌，。
4. N-SING The earth in an electric plug or piece of electrical equipment is the wire through which electricity passes into the ground and which makes the equipment safe. 地线[英国英语]
...an insulated earth. …一根绝缘地线。
5. →see also down-to-earth
6. PHRASE 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. 到底; 究竟[强调]
How on earth did that happen?
那到底是怎么发生的？
7. PHRASE On earth is used for emphasis after some negative noun groups, for example "no reason." 根本 (常用在否定句中)[强调]
There was no reason on earth why she couldn't have moved in with us. 她不能跟我们一起搬进来根本没有道理。
8. PHRASE 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. 回到现实
When he came down to earth after his win he admitted: "It was an amazing feeling."
当在胜利之后回来面对现实时他承认：“当时感觉太棒了。”
返回 earth
earth /ɜːθ/
剑桥词典
- It was Ptolemy who propounded the theory that the earth was at the centre of the universe .
- The satellite slowly rotates as it circles the earth.
- As every schoolboy knows , the earth revolves around the sun .
- Meteorites often burn up in the atmosphere before they reach the Earth.
- Theories abound about how the earth began .
- Their hoofs threw up clods of earth as they galloped across the field .
- There was a large mound of earth in the middle of the field .
- A large worm wriggled in the freshly dug earth.
- In the spring you almost feel you can smell the earth.
- I like to get my hands in the earth when I'm gardening .
earth noun (PLANET)
[ 单数名词 or 不可数或单数名词：没有复数形式的名词 ] (also Earth)the planet third in order of distance from the sun , between Venus and Mars ; the world on which we live
地球；世界
The earth takes approximately 3651/4 days to go round the sun . 地球围绕太阳运转一周大约需要365又1/4天
The circus has been described as the greatest show on earth (= in the world ). 这个马戏团被誉为是全世界最棒的。
Mercury , Venus , Earth, and Mars are called "rocky planets ". 水星、金星、地球和火星被称为“岩石行星”。
例句
earth noun (GROUND)
[ 单数名词 or 不可数或单数名词：没有复数形式的名词 ]the land surface of the world rather than the sky or sea
陆地，地面
The earth was shaking and people rushed out of their houses in panic . 地面在抖动，人们惊恐地冲出房去。
He had enjoyed the voyage but was happy to feel the earth beneath his feet once more. 他旅行非常愉快，但是也很高兴回到了陆地上。
the usually brown , heavy and loose substance of which a large part of the surface of the ground is made, and in which plants can grow
泥土，土壤
The ploughed earth looked rich and dark and fertile . 耕过的土地看上去黑油油的，非常肥沃。
例句
earth noun (WIRE)
[ 可数名词：有复数形式的名词 通常作为单数使用的名词 ] UK (US ground)a wire that makes a connection between a piece of electrical equipment and the ground, so the user is protected from feeling an electric shock if the equipment develops a fault
地线
earth noun (HOLE)
[ 可数名词：有复数形式的名词 ]a hole in the ground where an animal such as a fox lives
（狐狸等动物的）洞穴
习语
come back down to earthcost, charge, etc. the earth
the earth moved
how, what, why, etc. on earth...
like nothing (else) on earth 返回 earth