earth

英 [ɜːθ] 美 [ɜːrθ]

• n. 地球；泥土；世间

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [U]世界,地球

   this world; the planet on which we live

2. [U]大地,陆地,地面

   land, the surface of the world as opposed to the sky or sea

3. [U]泥土

   soil

4. [U]尘世,人间

   this world

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 地球
2. 陆地
3. 地线
4. <英>穴
5. 【化】金属氧化物
6. 全人类
7. 地面
8. 土
9. 泥
10. 土泥
11. <英>【电】（接）地
12. 尘世
13. 地上
14. 大地
15. 人间
16. 泥土
17. 世界

v. 动词

1. <英>【电】把（电器）接地
2. <英>【电】把接地
3. 把（电线）接地
4. 把…埋入土中
5. 用土掩盖
6. 给…培土
7. 把保藏在土中
8. 躲进洞内
9. 追到洞内
10. 使（导体）接地
11. 埋入土中
12. 赶入洞内
13. 用土覆盖
14. 在…四周壅土
15. 把（兽）赶入洞穴

英英释义

Noun:

1. the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on;

   "the Earth moves around the sun"
   "he sailed around the world"
   

2. the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface;

   "they dug into the earth outside the church"
   

3. the solid part of the earth's surface;

   "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"
   "the earth shook for several minutes"
   "he dropped the logs on the ground"
   

4. the abode of mortals (as contrasted with Heaven or Hell);

   "it was hell on earth"
   

5. once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles)

6. the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife;

   "they consider the church to be independent of the world"
   

7. a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage)

Verb:

1. hide in the earth like a hunted animal

2. connect to the earth;

   "earth the circuit"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The moon goes round the earth.
   月亮绕着地球转。
2. What percentage of the earth is covered by oceans?
   地球上百分之多少被海水覆盖着？
3. He dived his hand into the earth.
   他将手插入泥土中。
4. The machine cast up a big heap of earth.
   机器卷起了一大堆泥土。
5. The earth is as full of brutality as the sea is full of motion.
   世间满是残忍，正如海洋满是波动一般。
6. There is no paradise on the earth equal to the union of love and innocence.
   世间无与伦比的幸福就是既有爱情又爱得纯洁无瑕。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. The rocket entered the earth's atmosphere.
   火箭进入了地球大气层。
2. We live on the earth.
   我们生活在地球上。
3. How far is the earth from the sun?
   地球离太阳有多远?
4. The moon is closer to the earth than any other body in the sky.
   月亮比天上其他天体离地球近。
5. People used to think that the earth was flat.
   人们以前以为地球是扁平的。
6. The periodic movement of the moon round the earth takes 28 days.
   月亮绕地球一周需要28天。
7. The earth turns around at a uniform rate.
   地球以相同的速度旋转。
8. The earth rotates on its own axis.
   地球绕地轴自转。
9. The earth makes a yearly revolution around the sun.
   地球每年绕太阳一周。
10. The earth's shadow sometimes falls on the moon.
    地球的影子有时落在月球上面。
11. The lunar stone is different from earth's.
    月球的石头和地球的不一样。
12. The moist water of the earth is exhausted by evaporation.
    土地中的水分全被蒸发光了。
13. Beneath them the earth was naked of grass.
    在他们脚下是寸草不生的土地。
14. For twenty minutes the earth shook.
    大地震动了20分钟。
15. The fog envelops the earth.
    迷雾笼罩着大地。
16. He fell to the earth.
    他摔倒在地上。
17. After a week at sea, it was good to feel the earth under our feet again.
    在海上生活一周后重新踏上陆地,我们的感觉非常愉快。
18. It will take a little time for the rain to sink into the dried earth.
    雨水渗入干旱的泥土需要一些时候。
19. He filled the pot with earth and planted a rose in it.
    他在花盆里填上土,栽了一株玫瑰。
20. They were busy carrying earth.
    他们正忙着担土。
21. He was pulling dead roots from the dusty earth.
    他正在从土中拔出枯死的根茎。
22. The earth in the garden is good, soft soil.
    花园里的泥土松软肥沃。
23. Don't forget to cover the root of the peach tree with earth.
    别忘了用土把桃树根埋好。
24. The floor was earth but hard and smooth.
    虽然是泥地,倒也坚硬平坦。
25. I would become part of the earth from which I came.
    我从泥土中来,还得回泥土中去。
26. The whole earth rejoiced.
    全世界都欢欣鼓舞。
27. If you go to a commercial photographer he'll charge the earth for it.
    如果你到以逐利为目的的摄影师那里,他会漫天要价的。
28. I'd love that bike, but it costs the earth.
    我很喜欢那辆自行车,可是贵得不得了。
29. What's the matter with you that you always want the earth?
    你怎么搞的?总是野心勃勃。

经典引文

• He threw it down and beat it into the earth floor with his fist.

  出自： attrib.

常用短语

用作名词 (n.)

burn the earth

飞奔,疾驰 run fast

come down〔back〕 to earth

回到现实 return to reality

down to earth

务实的,现实的 realistical

in the earth

地下 under the soil

like nothing on earth

异乎寻常地,糟透地 very bad, unwell, peculiar, etc.

move heaven and earth

想方设法,竭尽全力 do one's best

on earth

究竟,到底 how, etc. ever

run to earth

终于找到,追踪到 find sb/sth by searching hard
run sb/sth to earth
The police eventually ran him to earth in Paris.

警察终于在巴黎找到了他。
After searching for him everywhere, she finally ran him to earth in the garden shed.

她把所有的地方都找遍了,最后终于在花园棚子里找到了他。
They read about how the white folks were trying to run him to earth.

他们获悉到白人在怎样地追赶他。
I ran the quotation to earth in Shakespeare's Othello .

我查明这段引文是出自莎士比亚的《奥赛罗》。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• break earth 破土动工
• circle the earth 环绕地球运行
• cost the earth 花一大笔钱
• envelop the earth 笼罩大地
• orbit the earth 环绕地球轨道运行
• pay the earth 付出一大笔钱
• rake the earth 耙地
• round earth 绕地球运行
• sink into earth 渗入土中
• till the earth 耕地
• tread the earth 在陆地上行走
• walk the earth 在陆地上行走

形容词+～

• bare earth 光秃秃的大地
• dry earth 干旱的土地
• loose earth 松散的大地
• wet earth 湿润的泥土

名词+～

• mother earth 抚育我们的土地

介词+～

• in the earth 在土中,埋在土里
• on earth 在地球上,究竟
• cover the roots of a plant with earth 给植物的根部培土
• fill the pot with earth 把泥土装入花盆

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. earth的基本意思是“地球”,指相对于其他天体来说,为人类生存提供条件的星体; 还可指“大地,地面,陆地”,指相对于天空而言的为人类和其他生物提供居住地的地球表面。earth还可指“泥土,土壤”。earth引申可指“全人类”; earth用于比喻还可指“大量的钱”。
2. earth作“地球”解时常以单数形式出现,前加定冠词,也可作为专有名词,这时要用(the) Earth的形式,冠词可有可无,而现在多用the earth形式,但如果和天空、天体相对时,前面常不加冠词。
3. earth作“泥土,土壤”解时,是物质名词,泛指时不用冠词,特指或类指时须用定冠词。
4. on earth意为“究竟”,可用在疑问句或否定句中加强语气。

词义辨析

n. (名词)

earth, globe, world

• 这三个词的共同意思是“地球,世界”。其区别是：
• earth是区别于其他星球或天堂、地狱而言的; globe主要强调地球的形状是圆形的。例如:
• There is no place on the globe where the name of Shakespeare is unknown.地球上没有一个角落不知道莎士比亚这个名字的。
• world则强调全体人类或世事。例如:
• All the world hopes the conference will be successful.全世界都希望会谈能取得成功。

earth, ground, land, soil

• 这组词的共同意思是“地面,陆地”。其区别是：
• earth是相对于天空或太空而言的“地面”; land是指地球表面相对于海洋而言时的“地面”,有时还可指“地产”。例如:
• After working at sea for several years,I got a job on land.在海上工作数年之后,我在陆地找了一份工作。
• The duke's lands stretch for many miles in all directions.方圆许多英里之内都是公爵的地产。
• ground指人们在上面行走的地面或具有一定面积限度的空地。例如:
• The apple fell to the ground.苹果掉落到地上。
• soil主要表示栽培植物的“土壤”,也可引申为“国土,国度”。例如:
• This soil is good for growing things.这土壤很适合种植。
• They trod on this country's soil.他们在这个国度里做买卖。

下面两个短语意思不同:

• on the earth 在地球上
• on earth 世上,究竟

常见错误

n. (名词)

1. 他把罐子装满土。

   误 He filled the pot with earths.

   正 He filled the pot with earth.

   析 earth作“土地,泥土”解时是不可数名词,没有复数形式。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自古英语的eorthe；最初源自希腊语的era，意为地球。

近反义词

【近义词】

• globe
• world
• dirt
• ground
• soil

【反义词】

• heaven 天空