英语词汇“sphere”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

sphere

/sfɪə

noun

1A round solid figure, or its surface, with every point on its surface equidistant from its centre.There's a particularly good 3D Objects tool, which lets you create modelled spheres, cubes, rectangles cones, pyramids, toroids and more effortlessly....

He often compared life to the sine wave or the sphere.
A plane surface, or the surface of a sphere, is two dimensional, right?

1.1A spherical object; a ball or globe: the markers on the route included two conspicuous black spheres...

He saw a large ghost pulling on a long lever, at the opposite end of which a plunger crushed a smiling white ball into a billiard-sized sphere.
The mystical warrior balled up his fist, summoning a sphere of black energy, which was surrounded by purple lightening, and flung it into the air.
The archon floated over to a shiny sphere filled with orbiting balls of light.

Synonyms

globe, ball, orb, spheroid, globule, round;

bubble

rare spherule

1.2A globe representing the earth: the room was littered with books, maps, and spheres...

These will include a 20-metre sphere representing the Earth.
A new logo was also designed for the Airport, consisting of a bird in flight, silhouetted against a sphere or the earth's globe.
Bob then lifted his hand to waist height and then turned it palm side up, a light then came from Bob's hand and formed a sphere that looked like earth.

1.3chiefly literary A celestial body: he sometimes took out his telescope to make sure the spheres were still revolving in good order...

The symbol of the sun and moon lay embossed on the frontal bind, the lunar sphere overtaking the sun in wars of dark and light.
The twin suns of Safi and Soka were discernible as bloated yellow-red spheres just over the horizon.
Anyway, the large sphere is the planet, obviously.

1.4 literary The sky perceived as a vault upon or in which celestial bodies are represented as lying.

1.5Each of a series of revolving concentrically arranged spherical shells in which celestial bodies were formerly thought to be set in a fixed relationship.Aristotle's geocentric astronomy, which attaches the heavenly bodies to a series of concentric spheres, was not his own creation....

He knew the stars to be attached to crystal spheres revolving about the Earth.
The spheres above man contain the heavenly bodies, the angels and finally, God.

2An area of activity, interest, or expertise; a section of society or an aspect of life distinguished and unified by a particular characteristic: political reforms to match those in the economic sphere...

It may be permissible to call them economic conflicts because they concern that sphere of human life which is, in common speech, known as the sphere of economic activities.
In the past, the Malays were tied to their agrarian communities, and the British brought in Chinese and Indians to partake in different spheres of economic activities.
This can be seen in the following quotation, in which Pareto connects interests with the economic sphere.

Synonyms

domain, realm, province, field, area, region, territory, arena, department;

area of interest, area of study, discipline, speciality, specialty

verb [with object] archaic

1Enclose in or as if in a sphere: mourners, sphered by their dark garb

1.1Form into a rounded or perfect whole: you, hitherto, have still had goodness sphered within your eyes

Phrases

music (or harmony) of the spheres

sphere of influence (or interest)

Derivatives

spheral

adjective (archaic) ...

One prior art method of applying an anti-reflection coating to a spheral solar cell is disclosed.
In one embodiment of the present invention, the disk-depressing member provides an annular channel to allow the movement of the spheral members therein.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French espere, from late Latin sphera, earlier sphaera, from Greek sphaira 'ball'.

单词	sphere
释义	sphere /sfɪə / noun 1A round solid figure, or its surface, with every point on its surface equidistant from its centre.There's a particularly good 3D Objects tool, which lets you create modelled spheres, cubes, rectangles cones, pyramids, toroids and more effortlessly.... He often compared life to the sine wave or the sphere. A plane surface, or the surface of a sphere, is two dimensional, right? 1.1A spherical object; a ball or globe: the markers on the route included two conspicuous black spheres... He saw a large ghost pulling on a long lever, at the opposite end of which a plunger crushed a smiling white ball into a billiard-sized sphere. The mystical warrior balled up his fist, summoning a sphere of black energy, which was surrounded by purple lightening, and flung it into the air. The archon floated over to a shiny sphere filled with orbiting balls of light. Synonyms globe, ball, orb, spheroid, globule, round; bubble rare spherule 1.2A globe representing the earth: the room was littered with books, maps, and spheres... These will include a 20-metre sphere representing the Earth. A new logo was also designed for the Airport, consisting of a bird in flight, silhouetted against a sphere or the earth's globe. Bob then lifted his hand to waist height and then turned it palm side up, a light then came from Bob's hand and formed a sphere that looked like earth. 1.3chiefly literary A celestial body: he sometimes took out his telescope to make sure the spheres were still revolving in good order... The symbol of the sun and moon lay embossed on the frontal bind, the lunar sphere overtaking the sun in wars of dark and light. The twin suns of Safi and Soka were discernible as bloated yellow-red spheres just over the horizon. Anyway, the large sphere is the planet, obviously. 1.4 literary The sky perceived as a vault upon or in which celestial bodies are represented as lying. 1.5Each of a series of revolving concentrically arranged spherical shells in which celestial bodies were formerly thought to be set in a fixed relationship.Aristotle's geocentric astronomy, which attaches the heavenly bodies to a series of concentric spheres, was not his own creation.... He knew the stars to be attached to crystal spheres revolving about the Earth. The spheres above man contain the heavenly bodies, the angels and finally, God. 2An area of activity, interest, or expertise; a section of society or an aspect of life distinguished and unified by a particular characteristic: political reforms to match those in the economic sphere... It may be permissible to call them economic conflicts because they concern that sphere of human life which is, in common speech, known as the sphere of economic activities. In the past, the Malays were tied to their agrarian communities, and the British brought in Chinese and Indians to partake in different spheres of economic activities. This can be seen in the following quotation, in which Pareto connects interests with the economic sphere. Synonyms domain, realm, province, field, area, region, territory, arena, department; area of interest, area of study, discipline, speciality, specialty verb [with object] archaic 1Enclose in or as if in a sphere: mourners, sphered by their dark garb 1.1Form into a rounded or perfect whole: you, hitherto, have still had goodness sphered within your eyes Phrases music (or harmony) of the spheres sphere of influence (or interest) Derivatives spheral adjective (archaic) ... One prior art method of applying an anti-reflection coating to a spheral solar cell is disclosed. In one embodiment of the present invention, the disk-depressing member provides an annular channel to allow the movement of the spheral members therein. Origin Middle English: from Old French espere, from late Latin sphera, earlier sphaera, from Greek sphaira 'ball'. 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