| 单词 | hemisphere |
| 释义 | hemisphere (once / 885 pages) n A hemisphere is half of a sphere. If it’s a cold winter in the northern hemisphere, take a winter getaway to sunbathe somewhere in the southern hemisphere. Hemisphere comes from the Greek, and combines the prefix hemi-, for "half," with sphere, or "perfectly round ball." We talk about the earth as divided at the equator into the northern and southern hemispheres (or divided at the prime meridian into eastern and western hemispheres). In biology, there are two cerebral, or brain, hemispheres — also known as the right and left sides of the brain. WORD FAMILYhemisphere: hemispheres, hemispheric, hemispherical+/hemispheric: hemispherically USAGE EXAMPLESThe family consists of more than 26,000 species, slightly more than half from the Eastern Hemisphere. Washington Times(Jan 03, 2017) Naturally, the scan showed activity in parts of the left hemisphere associated with language. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) The summer is usually the warmest time of the year by dint of the fact that there’s more land in the northern hemisphere. Salon(Dec 29, 2016) 1n half of a sphere Hyper subfigure a figure that is a part of another figure 2n half of the terrestrial globe Exp|Hypo|Hyper northern hemisphere the hemisphere that is to the north of the equator southern hemispherethe hemisphere to the south of the equator eastern hemisphere, orient the hemisphere that includes Eurasia and Africa and Australia New World, occident, western hemispherethe hemisphere that includes North America and South America geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region a demarcated area of the Earth 3n either half of the cerebrum Syn|Hypo|Hyper cerebral hemisphere left brain, left hemisphere the cerebral hemisphere to the left of the corpus callosum that controls the right half of the body right brain, right hemispherethe cerebral hemisphere to the right of the corpus callosum that controls the left half of the body neural structure a structure that is part of the nervous system |
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