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

单词	earth
释义	earth Ⅰ earth /ɜːθ/ aep /ɝːθ/ verb [T usually passive] _UK (_US ground) ↑Verb Endings for earth ► F0 to put an earth (= wire) between a piece of electrical equipment and the ground: » You could get a nasty shock from that water heater if it isn't earthed properly.Thesaurus⁺: ↑Electricity and electronics Ⅱ earth /ɜːθ/ aep /ɝːθ/ noun [C usually singular] _UK (_US ground) (WIRE) ► F0 a wire that makes a connection between a piece of electrical equipment and the ground, so the user is protected from feeling an electric shock if the equipment develops a faultThesaurus⁺: ↑Electrical switches and connections Ⅲ earth /ɜːθ/ aep /ɝːθ/ noun [C] (HOLE) ► F0 a hole in the ground where an animal such as a fox livesThesaurus⁺: ↑Animal dwellings - natural , ↑Animal Dwellings - man-made Ⅳ earth /ɜːθ/ aep /ɝːθ/ noun [S or U] (_ALSO Earth) (PLANET) ► B1 the planet third in order of distance from the Sun, between Venus and Mars; the world on which we live: » The Earth takes approximately 365¹/₄ days to go round the Sun.» The Circus has been described as the greatest show on earth (= in the world).Thesaurus⁺: ↑Planets • • • Extra Examples:» It was Ptolemy who propounded the theory that the earth was at the centre of the universe.» The satellite slowly rotates as it circles the Earth.» As every schoolboy knows, the Earth revolves around the sun.» Meteorites often burn up in the atmosphere before they reach the Earth.» Theories abound about how the Earth began. Ⅴ earth /ɜːθ/ aep /ɝːθ/ noun [U] (GROUND) ► B2 the usually brown, heavy, loose substance of which a large part of the surface of the ground is made, and in which plants can grow; the land surface of the Earth rather than the sky or sea: » The ploughed earth looked rich and dark and fertile.Thesaurus⁺: ↑SoilWord Builder:–Nouns: earth–Adjectives: earthy, earthly, unearthly–Verbs: unearth • • • Extra Examples:» Their hoofs threw up clods of earth as they galloped across the field.» There was a large mound of earth in the middle of the field.» A large worm wriggled in the freshly dug earth.» In the spring you almost feel you can smell the earth.» I like to get my hands in the earth when I'm gardening.
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