| 单词 | field |
| 释义 | field (fiːld ) Word forms: fields , fielding , fielded 1. countable noun A2 A field is an area of grass, for example in a park or on a farm. A field is also an area of land on which a crop is grown. ...a field of wheat. [+ of] They went for walks together in the fields. Synonyms: meadow, land, green, lea [poetic] 2. countable noun B1 A sports field is an area of grass where sports are played. ...a football field. He was the fastest thing I ever saw on a baseball field. The player was helped from the field with ankle injuries. Synonyms: pitch, park, ground, arena 3. countable noun A field is an area of land or sea bed under which large amounts of a particular mineral have been found. ...an extensive natural gas field in Alaska. 4. countable noun A magnetic, gravitational, or electric field is the area in which that particular force is strong enough to have an effect. Electromagnetic fields from electric power lines might increase the risk of cancer. 5. countable noun B2 A particular field is a particular subject of study or type of activity. Exciting artistic breakthroughs have recently occurred in the fields of painting, sculpture and architecture. [+ of] She is said to be one of the leading experts in her field. 6. countable noun A field is an area of a computer's memory or a program where data can be entered, edited, or stored. [computing] Put your postcode into the website search field to find local support services. 7. countable noun You can refer to the area where fighting or other military action in a war takes place as the field or the field of battle. We never defeated them on the field of battle. [+ of] ...the need for politicians to leave day-to-day decisions to commanders in the field. 8. countable noun Your field of vision or your visual field is the area that you can see without turning your head. Our field of vision is surprisingly wide. Synonyms: line, reach, range, limits 9. countable noun [with singular or plural verb, usually singular] The field is a way of referring to all the competitors taking part in a particular race or sports contest. Going into the fourth lap, the two most broadly experienced riders led the field. The field were so close that they would have caught us if I hadn't begun the sprint. ...one of the strongest fields ever assembled for the Women's Bowling Association championship. Synonyms: competitors, competition, candidates, runners 10. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] You use field to describe work or study that is done in a real, natural environment rather than in a theoretical way or in controlled conditions. I also conducted a field study among the boys about their attitude to relationships. Our teachers took us on field trips to observe plants and animals, firsthand. The man offering help is a field worker. Synonyms: practical, applied, empirical 11. verb [usually cont] In a game of cricket, baseball, or rounders, the team that is fielding is trying to catch the ball, while the other team is trying to hit it. When we are fielding, the umpires keep looking at the ball. [VERB] fielding uncountable noun At first base he led the league 21 times in fielding. 12. verb If you say that someone fields a question, you mean that they answer it or deal with it, usually successfully. [journalism] He was later shown on television, fielding questions. [VERB noun] 13. verb If a sports team fields a particular number or type of players, the players are chosen to play for the team on a particular occasion. England intend fielding their strongest team in next month's World Youth Championship. [VERB noun] 14. verb If a candidate in an election is representing a political party, you can say that the party is fielding that candidate. [journalism] The new party aims to field candidates in elections scheduled for next year. [VERB noun] 15. See also coalfield, minefield, playing field, snowfield 16. have a field day phrase If someone is having a field day, they are very busy doing something that they enjoy, even though it may be hurtful for other people. In our absence the office gossips are probably having a field day. I suspect that the lawyers are going to have a field day before it's all sorted out. 17. in the field phrase Work or study that is done in the field is done in a real, natural environment rather than in a theoretical way or in controlled conditions. The zoo is doing major conservation work, both in captivity and in the field. 18. lead the field phrase If you say that someone leads the field in a particular activity, you mean that they are better, more active, or more successful than everyone else who is involved in it. When it comes to picking up awards they lead the field by miles. 19. to play the field phrase If someone plays the field, they have a number of different romantic or sexual relationships. [informal] He gave up playing the field and married a year ago. Idioms: play the field to have many different romantic relationships rather than staying with one person He gave up playing the field and married a year ago. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers out in left field or out of left field unusual and unconventional Most of the business tips are common sense, but others are right out of left field. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers lead the field to be the best or most successful person in an activity or competition The Americans continue to lead the field when it comes to child actors. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers have a field day to take advantage of a situation, especially one which other people find upsetting or difficult Debt collectors are having a field day in the recession. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers come out of left field to be completely unexpected All the firms we've talked to have indicated that they don't know. This has really come out of left field to most people. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers a level playing field a situation that is fair. You usually use this expression when talking about the fact that a situation is not fair, or when saying that you think it should be fair. At the moment we are not competing on a level playing field. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: acres of fields Flooding has submerged hundreds of acres of fields and affected roads and railway lines. The Sun At present acres of fields are full of buttercups. Times, Sunday Times Playing and exploring the ruins of the castle and its grounds - 250 acres of fields and forest, with peacocks and peahens - gave me a prism to see into the past. Times,Sunday Times Her two-storey house of wood and tile withstood the cyclone; her 100 acres of fields yield 3,600lb of rice in a good year. Times, Sunday Times Nobody has been hurt by the fires but 2,250 acres of fields and nature reserve land, parched after a dry winter, have been burnt. Times, Sunday Times But he was still able to field a team which should have been able to win matches. The Sun Not enough to field a team. The Sun Apparently the latter was the case as the organization did not field a team for the 2013 season either. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Teams are allowed to field a team of all local players if they wish to do so. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But both of these books and those that followed through the 1960s read more like sociological field notes than novels. The Times Literary Supplement His field notes and images are a wonderful fusion of both passions. Times, Sunday Times Field notes on the future of food 496pp. The Times Literary Supplement These are indeed 'field notes': layered impressions that pass through a restless mind on walks through the countryside, mixing wayside philosophy with natural history and cultural heritage. The Times Literary Supplement She frames her firstperson observations as the field notes for an anthropological study, but their sly play with tense and metafictional pronouncements signal the novelistic allegiances of her endeavour. The Times Literary Supplement This correlates with field observations: in some areas, tan oaks have shown nearly 100 percent mortality, according to the researchers. The Scientist Countless birdwatchers have published their field observations in its pages - but always subject to the most careful editorial scrutiny of their accuracy and scientific soundness. Times, Sunday Times They represent an invaluable set of historical field observations. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Although field observations trickled in from early explorers, modern studies of lemur ecology and behavior did not begin in earnest until the 1950s and 1960s. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The project makes extensive use of satellite imagery, combined with field observations to map changes to forest coverage. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Not only that, but she would found an entirely new field of inquiry—paleoneurology, or the study of fossil brains. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Although procedures vary from one field of inquiry to another, identifiable features distinguish scientific inquiry from other methods of obtaining knowledge. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Police analysis of bank operations allowed them to narrow their field of inquiry to 8,000 employees who could have received it in their wagepacket. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 By revisiting major themes and opening up new fields of inquiry, the collection amply justifies this latest addition to the series' nineteenth-century coverage. The Times Literary Supplement Many philosophers would agree in principle that philosophy can and should find sources of nutrition in other fields of inquiry. Times, Sunday Times In these he became familiar with the blossoming field of psychology, the area upon which his life work eventually would be focused. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This field of psychology takes an empirical and practical approach when studying the brain and human behavior. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In addition, a number of specialized areas in the general field of psychology have applied branches (e.g., applied social psychology, applied cognitive psychology). Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These cognitive processes constitute the mind, and, along with their behavioral consequences, are studied in the field of psychology. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It may also be beneficial to look at research in the field of psychology to further understand this state. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The purpose of the ink marks was to align and position the patient daily for treatment to improve reproducibility of field placement. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Programmes will include coursework and field placement. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The landscape itself, including hedgerows, field placements and tree plantations, have all been transformed, making it apparently impossible to reconcile past and present views. The Times Literary Supplement The fellowship comprises field placements, group interviews, seminars, focus weeks, and individual and group projects. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The nuances of batting technique are also greater in cricket, since the interplays between bowling variations, field placements and scoring strengths are more dynamic. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He also ended his career going 293 consecutive games without a fielding error. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In his first major league game he went 1-3 with one strikeout and one fielding error. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In five innings they hit the ball fifteen times and batted out twelve runs, unassisted by a fielding error. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Runs scored in this manner are counted in addition to any runs already scored before the fielding error took place, and are credited to the batsman. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 All they had to do was land in a flat field in broad daylight to get me. Times, Sunday Times A competent pilot gliding a relatively light, slow plane to a flat field or runway should result in an otherwise normal landing. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Warm conditions have occasionally required the finish line be moved to a flat field just west of the lake. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was replaced in 1865 by an event over barriers on a flat field, which became the modern steeplechase. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A calibration unit provides a set of lamps for flat field and spectral calibration. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Good decision-making enables teams to commit numbers if a turnover looks probable, to stay on their feet and flood the field if the opposition have control of the ball. Times, Sunday Times To bring more excitement and purpose to each football game, streakers would flood the field in effort to bring attention to their cause. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Their players flooded the field at the final whistle, their fans in ecstasy. Times, Sunday Times However, the heavy rain flooded the field, so the ball flow on the water and could not be kick. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The pumping engine was an important part of productive rice farming in the area to ensure enough water to flood the fields. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Trees in hedgerows are even better for insects than grassy field margins. Times, Sunday Times You can work out if there are boggy wet patches in a grassy field by looking for dark-green soft rushes. Times, Sunday Times Beneath the dome, before a big screen, classic cars will be parked in rows on a grassy field. Times, Sunday Times An access drive in the center divides the developed portion on the west from a grassy field on the east. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The park provides picnic areas, restrooms, a large grassy field, an outdoor basketball court and a boat ramp. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There was a reduction in the local gravity field, and the length of day was shortened by 1.8 microseconds, after the quake thinned the earth's crust and accelerated its spin. The Times Literary Supplement Through a supraconductive gravimeter, the observatory provides relative and continuous gravity field measurements. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Other inventions include the precise measurement of the earth's gravity field from surface ships, previously hampered by the inherently instability of the ship platform. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 By sensing the gravity field at each segment, the bend angles between each segment can be calculated. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 When operating, it can cause significant increases in the local gravity field. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The clouds in a grey and silver sky pressed down, sealing in pockets of heat among the recently harvested fields. Times, Sunday Times Some fear of famine as farmers prefer to cut trees down to make charcoal and sell it... rather than wait two years to harvest a field of cassava. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 While cranberries are grown dry, during harvesting the fields are flooded to allow the berries to float to the surface to make them easier to gather. Times, Sunday Times Some growers doubt that they will harvest their fields at all, fearing that there will be little to salvage. Times, Sunday Times The center part shows a partially harvested field of wheat under a sky patterned with light clouds. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was a lava field off route 1, the ring road that runs around the island. Times, Sunday Times The volcano lies on the western end of lava field. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was only lava field and dry sand. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Red cedar grew abundantly in the lava field, as the plant can grow directly on rock. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The crater and much of the surrounding lava field are on private property. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But they never even got into the muddy field after the 'park' shut its gates for good. The Sun But there she was, hovering above a thousand people in a muddy field, arms in the air and wonder in her eyes. Times, Sunday Times They claimed it was a 'glorified car boot sale' in a muddy field peppered with naff festive characters. The Sun Expect to hear this reverberating through many a muddy field come summer. The Sun More than 1,000 cars were air news left unattended in a muddy field near the airport. The Sun From well over two hundred stories submitted we narrowed the field by making a short-list of personal favourites. THREE KINDS OF KISSING - SCOTTISH SHORT STORIES (2004) Concerns have been voiced about the narrow field. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Apart from a degree, those interested will need to have worked in hospitality or a related field. The Sun It can also create radioluminescence, commonly used in tritium illumination, and in the related field of betavoltaics. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Most students come from a background in a related field such as catering or property management, and are generally older and starting second careers. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Many system administrators have a degree in a related field: computer science, information technology, computer engineering, information systems, or even a trade school program. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Almost any degree will help with the responsibilities of producer, and some have a degree in a related field, such as video game design. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I go there twice a year: in the spring to plant my rice field and in the autumn for harvesting. Times, Sunday Times Suddenly the bus ahead of us skidded off the road and tipped over on its side in a rice field. Christianity Today From the middle of a rice field a crouching farmer in a straw hat stands up and watches me go past. Times, Sunday Times The massive flash-flood destroyed hundreds of buildings and devastated rice field after rice field. Outlook India A stream ran down one side of the house, which met a river at the rear, where there was a small rice field. Times, Sunday Times Developers would no longer have to build on brownfield sites, but could use pastures, valleys, coastline and rolling fields to put up their executive homes. Times, Sunday Times I walked through miles of rolling fields full of ripening barley and wheat to get there, thinking, rather hopelessly, that the quails might have moved into any of them. Times, Sunday Times People with means are becoming as enthusiastic about waking up in a home that looks out over spires, office blocks and traffic as over rolling fields. Times, Sunday Times The early-morning view from my hotel room was of dry-stone walls and rolling fields haloed with mist. Times, Sunday Times The rolling fields, still grazed by sheep for half the year, were part of the reason his tenants lived there. Times, Sunday Times She said while they were disappointed, the exercise had left a legacy in the form of a soccer field that complied with international standards. ST You are in the loneliest position on the soccer field. Smithsonian It was in a soccer field, under a little tent. The Sun The property includes two softball diamonds, a soccer field, and a jogging path that follows the circumference of the property. Christianity Today He was taking over, like he thought he was back on the soccer field. Times, Sunday Times It was in a stubble field beside the golf course, and may still be flitting around. Times, Sunday Times Their bamboo stakes snapped savagely in two, the tree guards had been hurled far and wide over the stubble field. Times,Sunday Times A stubble field, itself something of a throwback in these days of winter-sown cereals. Times, Sunday Times A tremendous commotion in a stubble field beside the track made me jump. Times, Sunday Times Partridges skimmed away with hoarse squeaks over the leathery green leaves, and a hare went lolloping along the rows of a stubble field at a slow canter. Times, Sunday Times The best contemporary portraits selected from a vast field of entrants. Times, Sunday Times What was the vast field stretching out for miles on all sides? The Times Literary Supplement Through a gate, a group of 11 preschoolers rush into a vast field of wildflowers. Times, Sunday Times The best of the portraits selected from a vast field of entrants to the 36th year of the competition reveal contemporary twists on traditional genres. Times, Sunday Times What will be the impact of this water stagnating atop a vast field of limestone rubble? Globe and Mail These small, airtight designs are easy to use and produce a sharp image over a wide field, making them good for astrophotographers. Times, Sunday Times The wide field of view proved well suited to capturing sensational photographs. Times, Sunday Times The wide field of vision means there's no need to adjust mirrors. Times, Sunday Times It provides a wide field of sound. Times, Sunday Times The leaf mirrors are both beautiful and very practical, providing a wide field of rearward view, and the single clock gives adequate if not generous information. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 田, 防守 Japanese: 野原, 守備につく |
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