| 单词 | universe |
| 释义 | universe (juːnɪvɜːʳs ) Word forms: universes 1. countable noun B1 The universe is the whole of space and all the stars, planets, and other forms of matter and energy in it. Einstein's equations showed the Universe to be expanding. Early astronomers thought that our planet was the centre of the universe. Synonyms: cosmos, space, creation, everything 2. countable noun [usually singular, oft with poss] If you talk about someone's universe, you are referring to the whole of their experience or an important part of it. Good writers suck in what they see of the world, re-creating their own universe on the page. They marked out the boundaries of our visual universe. Behind his eyes was a whole universe of pain. 3. in the universe phrase [PHR after superl] B2 If you say that something is, for example, the best or biggest thing of its kind in the universe, you are emphasizing that you think it is bigger or better than anything else of its kind. [informal, emphasis] According to my friends I am the coolest, cleverest, funniest journalist in the universe. Quotations: The more the universe seems comprehensible, the more it also seems pointlessThe First Three Minutes The universe is not hostile, nor yet is it friendly. It is simply indifferentA Sensible Man's View of Religion Had I been present at the Creation, I would have given some useful hints for the better ordering of the universe Now, my own suspicion is that the Universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can supposePossible Worlds Collocations: alternative universe I felt for a surreal moment as if I had crossed into an alternative universe. Times, Sunday Times (2009) It feels like an alternative universe. Times, Sunday Times (2012) This is an alternative universe where computer programs have human form. Times, Sunday Times (2016) A family move into a creepy old house and discover a parallel universe with its own perils. The Sun (2009) Such a suggestion would seem absurd outside these areas but within them life increasingly unfolds as if in a parallel universe. Times, Sunday Times (2016) This is art divorced so dramatically from the reality of its times that it belongs in a parallel universe. Times, Sunday Times (2014) We can take the skeptics' word for it, that we are grains of sand in a vast universe and therefore mean less than nothing. Christianity Today I had the sensation of being a microscopic spectator in an immeasurably vast universe. Times, Sunday Times We find ourselves through no wish of our own on this slowly revolving planet in an obscure corner of a vast universe. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The spin-off movies, or we may come up with some other way to call those films, they exist within that vast universe that he created. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The most striking foray into the virtual universe has come from an unlikely source. Times, Sunday Times The digital document solemnly declared that the new virtual universe must be left to evolve, free from jurisdiction - whatever the consequences. Times, Sunday Times After becoming acquainted with the virtual universe, he seems to adapt quickly to his new surroundings. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 With inflation, space gets a big stretch and this is enough to explain why parts of the visible universe that superficially appear to be out of range of each other were in fact very close together early on. Times, Sunday Times (2014) As time goes by, our visible universe increases in size. The Origin of the Universe (1995) The radius of the visible universe today is given by its age multiplied by the speed of light. The Origin of the Universe (1995) The need to focus on infrared rather than visible light is a bizarre consequence of the fact that the whole universe is constantly expanding. Times, Sunday Times (2010) It is an astonishing performance; so little is visible on the surface and yet a whole universe of emotions is simmering away behind those limpid eyes. Times, Sunday Times (2012) The whole universe burned with pain, from the Pavo Indus to the Ursa Major Cloud of galaxies. THE BROKEN GOD You can grind down the whole universe into a powder and you will find no single atom of justice. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Translations: Chinese: 宇宙 Japanese: 宇宙 |
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