| 单词 | physical object |
| 释义 | physical object (once / 27234 pages) n WORD FAMILY physical object: physical objects USAGE EXAMPLESThe material qualities of physical objects in various media held an appeal for him throughout his career. New York Times(Nov 30, 2016) Such books, valued as physical objects in their own right, not just for their content - have bucked a years-long trend of decline in print books. Reuters(Oct 18, 2016) Hacking is not a game, and stealing information is no less serious than stealing physical objects. Washington Post(Oct 16, 2016) n a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow Syn|Hypo|Hyper object unit, whole an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity locationa point or extent in space charm, good luck charmsomething believed to bring good luck curio, curiosity, oddity, oddment, peculiarity, raritysomething unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting draw, lotanything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random filma thin coating or layer hoodoosomething believed to bring bad luck je ne sais quoisomething indescribable keepsake, relic, souvenir, tokensomething of sentimental value filler, makeweightanything added to fill out a whole part, portionsomething less than the whole of a human artifact prop, propertyany movable articles or objects used on the set of a play or movie snakesomething long, thin, and flexible that resembles a snake stuffmiscellaneous unspecified objects small beer, trifle, trivia, trivialitysomething of small importance paring(usually plural) a part of a fruit or vegetable that is pared or cut off; especially the skin or peel catchanything that is caught (especially if it is worth catching) commemorativean object (such as a coin or postage stamp) made to mark an event or honor a person discardanything that is cast aside or discarded findingsomething that is found floateran object that floats or is capable of floating fomite, vehicleany inanimate object (as a towel or money or clothing or dishes or books or toys etc.) that can transmit infectious agents from one person to another formation, geological formation(geology) the geological features of the earth growthsomething grown or growing hailmany objects thrown forcefully through the air heada rounded compact mass icethe frozen part of a body of water dry land, earth, ground, land, solid ground, terra firmathe solid part of the earth's surface ground, land, soilmaterial in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use) moonany object resembling a moon neighbor, neighboura nearby object of the same kind remainsany object that is left unused or still extant ribbon, threadany long object resembling a thin line shinersomething that shines (with emitted or reflected light) vagabondanything that resembles a vagabond in having no fixed place wallanything that suggests a wall in structure or function or effect weban intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving congenera whole (a thing or person) of the same kind or category as another animate thing, living thinga living (or once living) entity natural objectan object occurring naturally; not made by man artefact, artifacta man-made object taken as a whole amulet, talismana trinket or piece of jewelry usually hung about the neck and thought to be a magical protection against evil or disease appendagea part that is joined to something larger assemblya unit consisting of components that have been fitted together bagatelle, fluff, frippery, frivolitysomething of little value or significance bitthe part of a key that enters a lock and lifts the tumblers bottleneckthe narrow part of a bottle near the top bric-a-brac, knickknack, knickknackery, nicknack, whatnotmiscellaneous curios bulba rounded part of a cylindrical instrument (usually at one end) butt, stubthe small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking) closet augera snake used to unblock toilets collectable, collectiblethings considered to be worth collecting (not necessarily valuable or antique) collector's item, piece de resistance, showpiecethe outstanding item (the prize piece or main exhibit) in a collection component, constituent, elementan artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system custard piea prop consisting of an open pie filled with real or artificial custard; thrown in slapstick comedies cutouta part that is cut out or is intended to be cut out doodad, doohickey, doojigger, gimmick, gismo, gizmo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingamajig, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widgetsomething unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known etceteraadditional unspecified odds and ends; more of the same foiblethe weaker part of a sword's blade from the forte to the tip fore edge, foredgethe part of a book that faces inward when the book is shelved; the part opposite the spine fortethe stronger part of a sword blade between the hilt and the foible fractiona small part or item forming a piece of a whole heel(golf) the part of the clubhead where it joins the shaft hubthe central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle passes itema whole individual unit; especially when included in a list or collection jetsamthe part of a ship's equipment or cargo that is thrown overboard to lighten the load in a storm fetich, fetish, hoodoo, juju, voodooa charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers limbeither of the two halves of a bow from handle to tip love-tokenkeepsake given as a token of love necka narrow part of an artifact that resembles a neck in position or form favor, favour, party favor, party favoursouvenir consisting of a small gift given to a guest at a party peenthe part of a hammerhead opposite the flat striking surface (may have various shapes) piecea separate part of a whole auger, plumber's snakea long flexible steel coil for dislodging stoppages in curved pipes pressinga metal or plastic part that is made by a mechanical press scuma film of impurities or vegetation that can form on the surface of a liquid seata part of a machine that supports or guides another part section, segmentone of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object shank, waistthe narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole slicka film of oil or garbage floating on top of water soap filma film left on objects after they have been washed in soap spider web, spider's weba web spun by spiders to trap insect prey backbone, spinethe part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved aggregate, sum, total, totalitythe whole amount sundriesmiscellaneous objects too numerous or too small to be specified toe(golf) the part of a clubhead farthest from the shaft trap-and-drain augera plumber's snake for clearing a trap and drain turnout, wideninga part of a road that has been widened to allow cars to pass or park upstagethe rear part of the stage upstairsthe part of a building above the ground floor wreckagethe remaining parts of something that has been wrecked herethe present location; this place therea location other than here; that place somewherean indefinite or unknown location bilocationthe ability (said of certain Roman Catholic saints) to exist simultaneously in two locations seatthe location (metaphorically speaking) where something is based homethe country or state or city where you live base, homethe place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end outer space, spaceany location outside the Earth's atmosphere junglea location marked by an intense competition and struggle for survival northa location in the northern part of a country, region, or city northeasta location in the northeastern part of a country, region, or city easta location in the eastern part of a country, region, or city southeasta location in the southeastern part of a country, region, or city southa location in the southern part of a country, region, or city southwesta location in the southwestern part of a country, region, or city westa location in the western part of a country, region, or city northwesta location in the northwestern part of a country, region, or city Earth, earththe abode of mortals (as contrasted with Heaven or Hell) linea spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent pointthe precise location of something; a spatially limited location part, regionthe extended spatial location of something regiona large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth whereaboutsthe general location where something is sodomany location known for vice and corruption aquiferunderground bed or layer yielding ground water for wells and springs etc archeological remainsa relic that has been excavated from the soil archipelagoa group of many islands in a large body of water badlandsdeeply eroded barren land beachan area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake beachfronta strip of land running along a beach bladesomething long and thin resembling a blade of grass bottom, bottomlandlow-lying alluvial land near a river cape, nessa strip of land projecting into a body of water cavea geological formation consisting of an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea cliff, drop, drop-offa steep high face of rock coastal plaina plain adjacent to a coast coastlandland in a coastal area cultivated land, farmland, ploughland, plowland, tillage, tilled land, tiltharable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops deltaa low triangular area of alluvial deposits where a river divides before entering a larger body of water diapira domed rock formation where a core of rock has moved upward and pierced through the more brittle overlying strata drift icemasses of ice floating in the open sea floorthe ground on which people and animals move about foliuma thin layer or stratum of (especially metamorphic) rock footwallthe lower wall of an inclined fault forelandland forming the forward margin of something foreshorethe part of the seashore between the highwater mark and the low-water mark forest, timber, timberland, woodlandland that is covered with trees and shrubs fossilthe remains (or an impression) of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated from the soil hanging wallthe upper wall of an inclined fault berg, iceberga large mass of ice floating at sea; usually broken off of a polar glacier icefalla steep part of a glacier resembling a frozen waterfall ice massa large mass of ice ingrowthsomething that grows inward islanda land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water isthmusa relatively narrow strip of land (with water on both sides) connecting two larger land areas lakefrontland bordering a lake land mass, landmassa large continuous extent of land mainlandthe main land mass of a country or continent; as distinguished from an island or peninsula massifa block of the earth's crust bounded by faults and shifted to form peaks of a mountain range monoclinea geological formation in which all strata are inclined in the same direction mouththe point where a stream issues into a larger body of water depression, natural depressiona sunken or depressed geological formation elevation, natural elevationa raised or elevated geological formation necka narrow elongated projecting strip of land nevethe upper part of a glacier (beyond the limit of perpetual snow) where the snow turns to ice oceanfrontland bordering an ocean overburdenthe surface soil that must be moved away to get at coal seams and mineral deposits oxbowthe land inside an oxbow bend in a river ice pack, pack icea large expanse of floating ice mountain pass, notch, passthe location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks peninsulaa large mass of land projecting into a body of water permafrostground that is permanently frozen champaign, field, plainextensive tract of level open land polderlow-lying land that has been reclaimed and is protected by dikes (especially in the Netherlands) chain, chain of mountains, mountain chain, mountain range, range, range of mountainsa series of hills or mountains rangelandland suitable for grazing livestock relictgeological feature that is a remnant of a pre-existing formation after other parts have disappeared ridge, ridgelinea long narrow range of hills ridgea long narrow natural elevation on the floor of the ocean scablands(geology) flat elevated land with poor soil and little vegetation that is scarred by dry channels of glacial origin (especially in eastern Washington) ice shelf, shelf iceice that is attached to land but projects out to sea shorethe land along the edge of a body of water slashan open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind) incline, side, slopean elevated geological formation fountain, natural spring, outflow, outpouring, springa natural flow of ground water scree, talusa sloping mass of loose rocks at the base of a cliff tenta web that resembles a tent or carpet greensward, sod, sward, turfsurface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots twinkleran object that emits or reflects light in an intermittent flickering manner mineral vein, veina layer of ore between layers of rock crater, volcanic cratera bowl-shaped geological formation at the top of a volcano walla vertical (or almost vertical) smooth rock face (as of a cave or mountain) groundwater level, water level, water tableunderground surface below which the ground is wholly saturated with water webbingsomething forming a web (as between the toes of birds) wetlanda low area where the land is saturated with water wonderlanda place or scene of great or strange beauty or wonder spacean empty area (usually bounded in some way between things) physical entity an entity that has physical existence |
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