1 N-VAR 空间;(空余的)地方 You use
space to refer to an area that is empty or available. The area can be any size. For example, you can refer to a large area outside as a large open
space or to a small area between two objects as a small
space .
空间;(空余的)地方 -
Under the plan, bits of open space — fields, golf-course borders and small parks — will be preserved.
在这份规划里,一些开放空间—运动场、高尔夫球场边缘以及小公园—将得以保留。
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...cutting down yet more trees to make space for houses.
砍掉更多的树,腾出空间来盖房子
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I had plenty of space to write and sew.
我有足够的空间进行写作和缝纫。
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The space underneath could be used as a storage area.
底下的空间可用作储藏区。
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He looked cautiously through a half-inch space between the curtains and saw an empty bedroom.
他小心翼翼地透过窗帘上的一条半英寸的缝隙望去,看见了一个空荡荡的卧室。
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The bird was enclosed in such a small space that it could not turn without bending its tail.
小鸟被关在这么狭小的空间里,不弯一下尾巴的话,都转不过身来。
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List in the spaces below the specific changes you have made.
在下面空白处列出你所作的具体改动。
Usage Note :
You should use space or room to refer to an open or empty area. You do not use place as an uncount noun in this sense. Room is more likely to be used when you are talking about space inside an enclosed area. There's not enough room in the bathroom for both of us... Leave plenty of space between you and the car in front.
space 或 room 可以指一片开阔的区域或一片空地,place 不能作为不可数名词用于该义项。room 多指封闭的空间,例如:There's not enough room in the bathroom for both of us (浴室里容不下我们两个人),Leave plenty of space between you and the car in front (和前面的汽车保持足够的距离)。
2 N-VAR (活动或储藏用的)空间,场所,面积 A particular kind of
space is the area that is available for a particular activity or for putting a particular kind of thing in.
(活动或储藏用的)空间,场所,面积 -
...the high cost of office space.
办公场所的高额成本
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You don't want your living space to look like a bedroom.
你可不希望自己居住的地方看上去像个卧室。
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Finding a parking space in the summer months is still a virtual impossibility.
在夏季,几乎还是不可能找到一个停车位。
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The Women's Gym is a women-only space dedicated to women of all ages, shapes and sizes.
女子健身馆对各种年龄层次、体型和个头的女性开放。
3 N-UNCOUNT [oft n of N] 开阔;空旷 If a place gives a feeling of
space, it gives an impression of being large and open.
开阔;空旷 4 N-UNCOUNT (思考问题、个人成长所需的)时间,余地,空间 If you give someone
space to think about something or to develop as a person, you allow them the time and freedom to do this.
(思考问题、个人成长所需的)时间,余地,空间 5 N-UNCOUNT (文件中用于讨论某个话题的)版面,篇幅 The amount of
space for a topic to be discussed in a document is the number of pages available to discuss the topic.
(文件中用于讨论某个话题的)版面,篇幅 6 N-SING 一段(时间);期间 A
space of time is a period of time.
一段(时间);期间 -
They've come a long way in a short space of time. [+ of]
他们在很短的时间之内就大老远地赶了过来。
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I have known dramatic changes occur in the space of a few minutes with this method.
我知道用这种方法短短几分钟之内就能够产生急剧的变化。
7 N-UNCOUNT 太空;外层空间 Space is the area beyond the Earth's atmosphere, where the stars and planets are.
太空;外层空间 -
The six astronauts on board will spend ten days in space.
飞船上的6名宇航员将在太空度过 10 天。
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...launching satellites into space.
发射人造卫星进入外层空间
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...developments in space technology.
太空技术的发展
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...outer space.
外层空间
SYN outer space, the universe, the galaxy, the solar system
8 N-UNCOUNT 宇宙空间 Space is the whole area within which everything exists.
宇宙空间 9 VERB 分隔;使有间隔 If you
space a series of things, you arrange them so that they are not all together but have gaps or intervals of time between them.
分隔;使有间隔 -
Women once again are having fewer children and spacing them further apart. [VERB noun adv./prep.]
女人再次减少了生孩子的数量,而且生育之间相隔的时间也更长了。
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His voice was angry and he spaced the words for emphasis. [VERB noun]
他的声音里透着愤怒,为了强调,他一字一顿。
Space out means the same as
space .
space out 同 space -
He talks quite slowly and spaces his words out.
他说得很慢,每个词之间都有停顿。
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I was spacing out the seedlings into divided trays.
我正在把那些小嫩苗分装进有分格的盘子里。
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They will have time to draw breath between matches, with their last four fixtures spaced out over three weeks.
由于最后的 4 场比赛间隔分布在 3 个星期里,因此他们有时间在比赛的间隙稍作休息。
spaced -
Its houses are large, well-spaced and surrounded by gardens.
其房子很大、间距适当,周围全是花园。
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The RAC is calling for rest areas spaced at regular intervals on major roads.
皇家汽车俱乐部呼吁:交通主干道上的休息区应均匀分布。
11 PHRASE 直瞪瞪;茫然(直视) If you are staring
into space, you are looking straight in front of you, without actually looking at anything in particular, for example because you are thinking or because you are feeling shocked.
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He just sat in the dressing-room staring into space.
他直愣愣地坐在化妆间里。
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Molly turned away and gazed off into space, a faraway look in her eyes.
莫莉转过脸去茫然瞪视,眼神似已飘到了远方。
12 PHRASE [usually verb-link PHRASE] 废物;无用之人 If you describe someone or something as a
waste of space, you are indicating that you have a very low opinion of them.
废物;无用之人 [informal] -
Even Sarah treated him as if he were a waste of space.
连萨拉对他都像是在对待一个废物。
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Are we expected to believe those scribblings are art? This piece of trash was a waste of space.
我们难道真要把那些乱涂乱画当作艺术吗?这种垃圾留着都占地方。
13 PHRASE (新闻记者将进行后续报道时所说的话)请继续关注 Journalists write '
Watch this space' in order to indicate in an informal way that they will be giving more information about something in the future.
(新闻记者将进行后续报道时所说的话)请继续关注 View usage for:All yearsLast 10 yearsLast 50 yearsLast 100 yearsLast 300 years