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BNC: 1026 COCA: 1547
earth
ɜːʳθ ɜrθ
Word forms: plural earths
1 N-PROPER 地球（指宇宙组成部分时用Earth，指人类居住的星球时用the Earth） 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（指宇宙组成部分时用Earth，指人类居住的星球时用the Earth）

  • 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。

  • ...a fault in the Earth's crust.

    地壳断层

SYN world, planet, globe, sphere
2 N-SING 陆地;地面 The earth is the land surface on which we live and move about. 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。

3 N-UNCOUNT 泥土;土壤;土地 Earth is the substance on the land surface of the earth, for example clay or sand, in which plants grow. 泥土;土壤;土地

  • The road winds for miles through parched earth, scrub and cactus.

    公路蜿蜒数英里，穿过炙烤的大地、灌木丛和仙人掌。

  • They will revert to tilling the earth in an old-fashioned way.

    他们将回归到用老方法耕地。

SYN soil, ground, land, dust
4 N-COUNT （狐等的）洞穴 An earth is a hole in the ground in which an animal such as a fox lives. （狐等的）洞穴
5 N-SING （接）地线 The earth in an electric plug or piece of electrical equipment is the wire through which electricity can pass into the ground, which makes the equipment safe if something goes wrong with it. （接）地线 [British]

  • The earth wire was not connected.

    地线没有接上。

in AM, use 美国英语用 ground
earthed

  • Light fittings with metal parts should always be earthed.

    有金属部件的照明装置都应该走地线。

6 See also: down-to-earth 
7 PHRASE （用于以how, why, what 或 where 开始的问句，表示强调，通常表示问题没有答案或很难回答）究竟，到底 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. （用于以how, why, what 或 where 开始的问句，表示强调，通常表示问题没有答案或很难回答）究竟，到底 [emphasis] [emphasis] [emphasis]

  • How on earth did that happen?.

    那件事到底怎么发生的？

  • What on earth had Luke done?.

    卢克究竟做了什么？

  • Why on earth would he want to go to such a place?

    他到底为什么想去那么个地方？

8 PHRASE （用于否定名词短语后表强调）根本，完全 On earth is used for emphasis after some negative noun groups, for example 'no reason'. （用于否定名词短语后表强调）根本，完全

  • There was no reason on earth why she couldn't have moved in with us.

    她没能搬过来和我们同住，这根本就说不通。

  • 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。

9 PHRASE (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 On earth is used for emphasis after a noun group that contains a superlative adjective. (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

  • He wanted to be the fastest man on earth.

    他想成为世界上跑得最快的人。

  • ...the site of the worst ecological disaster on earth.

    世界上最严重的生态灾难发生地

10 PHRASE （激动之后）恢复正常生活，回到现实 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. （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：“当时感觉棒极了。”

  • I was shocked, brought down to earth by this revelation.

    真相的披露让我深感震惊，我被带回了现实。

11 PHRASE [VERB inflects] （经过长时间的寻找后）终于找到 If you run someone or something to earth, you find them after searching for them for a long time. （经过长时间的寻找后）终于找到 [mainly British]

  • She ran him to earth in the pub at five to one.

    1点差5分的时候，她终于在酒馆里找到了他。

12 PHRASE 价格不菲/斥巨资 If you say that something cost the earth or that you paid the earth for it, you are emphasizing that it cost a very large amount of money. 价格不菲/斥巨资 [informal, emphasis]

  • It must have cost the earth.

    这肯定花了很多钱。

13 hell on earth→see: hell  to move heaven and earth→see: heaven  salt of the earth→see: salt 
Quotations
To see the earth as we now see it, small and beautiful in that eternal silence where it floats, is to see ourselves as riders on the earth together, brothers on that bright loveliness in the unending night Archibald MacLeish Riders on Earth
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BNC: 1026 COCA: 1547
earth

noun¹

 1the world地球ADJECTIVE | VERB + EARTH | EARTH + VERB | EARTH + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤the entire, the whole整個地球VERB + EARTH➤circle, orbit繞地球運行◇satellites orbiting the earth環繞地球運行的衞星➤create創造地球➤destroy毀滅地球➤protect, save保護／拯救地球➤inhabit居住在地球上◇humans and other species that inhabit the earth生活在地球上的人類和其他物種➤roam, walk, wander在地球漫步；漫遊世界；徘徊人間◇when dinosaurs roamed the earth恐龍還在地球上漫步的時候◇She's the most beautiful woman to ever walk this earth.她是迄今為止天下最美麗的女子。◇a lost spirit, wandering the earth遊蕩人間的迷失魂靈➤rule統治地球◇Dinosaurs ruled the earth for hundreds of millions of years.恐龍統治了地球幾億年。➤hit, reach撞擊／到達地球◇the last asteroid that hit the earth最後一顆撞擊地球的小行星➤leave離開地球◇No one knows what happens to us after we leave this earth.沒有人知道我們離開這個世界後會發生什麼事。EARTH + VERB➤orbit sth, revolve, rotate, spin地球繞⋯運行／公轉／自轉／旋轉◇The earth orbits the sun.地球繞太陽運行。◇The earth revolves on its axis.地球繞地軸自轉。EARTH + NOUN➤history, sciences地球史；地球科學➤scientist地球科學家➤orbit地球運行軌道PREPOSITION➤above the earth地面之上◇We are flying at 30 000 feet above the earth.我們正在距地面 3 萬英尺的高空飛行。➤around the earth, round the earth (especially BrE) 環繞地球◇the moon's orbit around the earth月亮環繞地球的軌道➤on (the) earth在地球上◇The island was there before there was life on earth.在地球上有生命以前，這個島就存在了。➤to earth到地球◇The astronauts were able to send the information back to earth.宇航員能夠把信息傳回地球。PHRASES➤inherit the earth承受地土◇The Bible says the meek will inherit the earth.《聖經》上說，溫順的人必承受地土。➤(the) planet earth行星地球◇the future of life on planet Earth地球生物的未來➤the centre/center of the earth, the surface of the earth地球中心／表面➤the earth's atmosphere, core, surface, etc.地球大氣層、地核、地表等
earth

noun²

 2the ground; soil泥土ADJECTIVE | ... OF EARTH | EARTH + VERB | EARTH + NOUN | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤bare光禿禿的土地◇There was nothing but bare earth to be seen.一眼望去只有光禿禿的土地。➤fertile肥沃的土壤▸➤barren, infertile貧瘠的土壤➤rich富饒的土地▸➤soft鬆軟的土壤▸➤hard, solid堅硬的土壤➤dry, parched乾旱的土地▸➤damp, moist, wet潮濕的土壤；濕潤的土壤➤cold, frozen冰凍的土壤；凍土➤warm溫暖的土壤▸➤fresh, freshly dug新鮮的／新挖出來的泥土▸➤loose鬆散的泥土◇I filled the pot with a handful of loose earth.我將一把鬆散的泥土裝進盆子裏。➤baked (especially BrE) 受太陽炙烤的土壤◇The sun beat down on the baked earth.太陽直射在炙熱的泥土上。➤scorched焦土◇The wreckage of the plane was scattered across the scorched earth.飛機殘骸散落在燒焦的土地上。◇the retreating army's scorched earth policy (= to set fire to crops, buildings, etc.) 撤退軍隊執行的焦土政策➤chalky, sandy白堊質的泥土；沙質土➤dark深色土壤... OF EARTH➤clod, clump, lump土塊◇My boots were caked in big clods of wet earth.我的靴子上粘了大塊的濕土。EARTH + VERB➤shake, tremble大地搖晃／震動EARTH + NOUN➤bank, mound土堆◇I scrambled to the top of the steep earth bank.我爬上了陡峭的土堆頂部。➤tremor地顫◇Furniture fell over as the room was shaken by an earth tremor.房間在地顫中晃動，傢具都倒了。PREPOSITION➤in the earth在土壤裏◇The plants must have their roots in the earth.植物的根必須扎在土壤裏。➤under the earth在土壤下面◇in mines deep under the earth在地下很深的礦裏
BNC: 1026 COCA: 1547
earth noun
⇨ floor 1 (under the earth) ⇨ soil (freshly dug earth) ⇨ world (life on earth)
BNC: 1026 COCA: 1547

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