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单词 First World
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first /fûrst/

adjective
  1. Foremost
  2. In front of or before all others
  3. Most eminent
  4. Chief
  5. Referring to the speaker or writer (grammar)
noun
  1. A person or thing that is first or of the first class
  2. A place in the first class
  3. An academic degree of the first class
  4. First gear
  5. The first time that something has happened or been done (informal)
adverb
  1. Before anything or anyone else
  2. For the first time
ORIGIN: OE fyrst, superl; cf fore before

firstˈling noun (rare)

The first produce or offspring, esp of animals

firstˈly adverb

In the first place

first aid noun

Immediate treatment of a wounded or sick person before full medical attention

first-aidˈer noun

first-attackˈ same as first-strike below.

firstˈ-begotten adjective

  1. Born first
  2. Eldest

firstˈ-born adjective

Born first

noun

  1. The first in order of birth
  2. The eldest child

firstˈ-classˈ adjective

Of the first class, rank or quality

adverb

By first-class mail, transport, etc

first-class mail or first-class post noun

Mail sent at a dearer rate to obtain quicker delivery

firstˈ-day noun (obsolete)

Sunday

first-day cover noun

An envelope with stamps postmarked on their first day of issue

first degree burn, first degree murder see under degree

first finger noun

The finger next to the thumb

first fix noun (building)

The part of joinery, plumbing or electrical work that must be done as soon as the framework of a building is complete (cf second fix)

first floor see under floor

firstˈ-footˈ noun (Scot)

The first person to enter a house after the beginning of the new year

transitive verb

To visit as first-foot

intransitive verb

To go around making visits as first-foot

firstˈ-footˈer noun

firstˈ-footˈing noun

firstˈ-fruitˈ or first-fruitsˈ noun

  1. The fruits first gathered in a season
  2. First products or effects of anything
  3. Payment in the form of first crops of a season, or annates, to a superior

first gear see under gear

first generation adjective (computing)

Of the early type of calculating and computing machine, using thermionic valves

firstˈ-hand adjective

Obtained directly, or in order to obtain (information, etc) directly, without an intermediary

first-handˈ adverb

first lady noun

  1. The wife of the chief executive of a city, state or country, esp of the president of the USA, or any woman chosen by him to carry out official duties as hostess, etc (US; often with caps)
  2. A prominent or leading woman in any field, profession, etc

first lieutenant noun

  1. (in the Royal Navy) the executive officer, not necessarily a lieutenant, of a ship or naval establishment
  2. (in the US Army, Air Force and Marine Corps) an officer next below a captain

first light noun

The time when daylight first appears in the morning

First Minister noun

The title given to the leader of the devolved administrations in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales

first name noun

A person's Christian name, or the name that comes first in a full name

first night noun

The first public performance of a theatrical production

first-nightˈer noun

A person who habitually goes to the theatre on first nights

first offender noun

A person convicted for the first time

firstˈ-pastˈ-the-postˈ adjective

Denoting or relating to a system of voting in which each voter casts only one non-transferable vote, the candidate receiving the most votes being declared the winner

first person noun (grammar)

The writer or speaker

firstˈ-person adjective

first post noun (military)

The first of two bugle calls denoting the time for retiring for the night (cf last post under last1)

firstˈ-rate adjective

  1. Of highest rank or excellence
  2. Pre-eminent in quality, size or estimation

noun

A warship so rated

first-rateˈ adverb

Excellently

first refusal noun

The chance to buy (esp property) before it is offered to others

first school noun

A school for children aged five to eight, nine or ten

first strike noun

A pre-emptive attack on an enemy, intended to destroy their nuclear weapons before they can be brought into use

firstˈ-strike adjective

firstˈ-time adjective

  1. Immediate
  2. Carrying out an action, eg the purchase of a house, for the first time

first water noun

The first or highest quality, or purest lustre, of diamonds and pearls (also figurative)

First World noun

The richest and most technologically developed countries of the world

first year allowance noun

An amount of capital expenditure which can be set against tax in the accounts relating to the actual year of spending

at first

At the beginning, in the early stages, etc

first cab off the rank (informal)

The first choice, the first to do something

first in, first out (computing)

Denoting a list for which insertions are made at one end and deletions at the other

first thing

Before doing anything else

not know the first thing about

To know nothing about

world /wûrld/

noun
  1. The earth
  2. The earth and its inhabitants
  3. The universe
  4. The system of things
  5. The present state of existence
  6. Any analogous state
  7. Any planet or heavenly body
  8. Public life or society
  9. A sphere of interest or activity
  10. Environment
  11. The public
  12. The materialistically minded
  13. Mundane interests
  14. A secular life
  15. The course of life
  16. One of the three kingdoms of nature
  17. A class or division
  18. A part, or a related group of parts, of the world, historically, sociologically or geographically speaking, as in Ancient World, Third World, Old World
  19. A great deal, as in did her a world of good
  20. A large quantity, as in a world of ills
  21. Time, as in world without end
  22. The realm of possibility, as in nothing in the world
  23. The ungodly (Bible)
ORIGIN: OE woruld, world, weorold, orig meaning age or life of man, from wer man, and the root of old; ON veröld, OHGer weralt (Ger Welt)

worldˈed adjective

Containing worlds

worldˈie noun (slang)

Something of world-class quality

worldˈliness noun

worldˈling noun

  1. Someone who is devoted to worldly pursuits and temporal possessions
  2. A mortal (obsolete)

worldˈly adjective

  1. Relating to the world, esp as distinguished from the world to come
  2. Devoted to this life and its enjoyments
  3. Bent on gain
  4. Having knowledge and experience of the ways of the world
  5. Mortal (obsolete)
adverb

In a worldly manner

worldˈwide adjective and adverb

(extending) over, or (found) everywhere in, the world

World Bank noun

The popular name of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, an agency of the United Nations set up in 1945 to make loans to poorer countries

worldˈ-beater noun (informal)

A person, product, enterprise, etc that is supreme in its class

worldˈ-beating adjective

worldˈ-class adjective

Good enough to be classed with or compete with the best in the world

World Court noun

The popular name of the Permanent Court of International Justice (since 1946 the International Court of Justice) at the Hague, set up under the League of Nations in 1921 to settle or advise on disputes between states

World Cup noun

A competition in some sport, notably football, between teams representing different countries, usu involving qualifying rounds and a final tournament

world-faˈmous adjective

Known or renowned throughout the world

world language noun

A language either widely used internationally or designed for international use

world line noun (physics)

A curving line in space-time representing the path of a particle during its existence

worldˈly-mindˈed adjective

Having one's mind set on the present world, material possessions, etc

worldˈly-mindˈedness noun

worldly-wiseˈ adjective

Having the wisdom of those experienced in, and affected by, the ways of the world, knowing, cynical

world music noun

Popular folk music with its origins in non-western cultures, particularly African culture, esp as produced by non-Western artists

worldˈ-old adjective

Exceedingly ancient

world power noun

A state, group of states, etc, strong enough to make its influence felt in world politics

worldˈscale noun

The scale of freight rates for oil tankers

World Series noun (baseball)

A set of championship matches played annually between the winners of the major leagues

worldˈ-shaking or worldˈ-shattering adjective (often ironic)

Devastatingly important

world sheet noun (physics)

The 2-dimensional space occupied by a string in its space-time history

worldˈ-view noun

Outlook on or attitude to the world or life

World War noun

A war of worldwide scope, esp the Great War of 1914–18 (First World War, World War I) and that of 1939–45 (Second World War, World War II)

worldˈ-weariness noun

worldˈ-weary or worldˈ-wearied adjective

Tired of the world, bored with life

World Wide Web noun (computing)

A network of Internet documents accessed by hypertext protocols

all the world

  1. Everybody
  2. Everything

(all) the world and his wife (informal)

  1. Everybody
  2. An ill-assorted assembly

best (or worst) of both worlds

The advantage (or disadvantage) of both alternatives in a choice

bring into the world

  1. To give birth to
  2. To attend the birth of, deliver

carry the world before one

To pass through every obstacle to success

come into the world

To be born

come up (or down) in the world

To rise (or fall) in social status

dead to the world (informal)

  1. Deeply asleep
  2. In a drunken stupor

First World see under first

for all the world (informal)

Precisely or entirely (as if)

Fourth World see under fourth

go to the world (Shakespeare)

To get married

in another world (informal)

Not in touch with reality

in the world

Used intensively, esp after an interrogative pronoun or adverb

it's a small world

An indication of surprise, interest, etc at meeting someone in unexpected and unlikely circumstances

man (or woman) of the world

Someone experienced in the ways of the world

next world

Life after death

not for the world

Not for any reward, not under any circumstances

not the end of the world

Not a fatal setback

on top of the world (informal)

In a state of great elation or happiness

out of this world

Wonderful, delightful, good beyond all experience

Second World see under second1

set the world on fire

To create a sensation, have spectacular success

the New World

The western hemisphere, the Americas

the Old World

The eastern hemisphere, comprising Europe, Africa and Asia

the other world

The non-material sphere, the spiritual world

the whole world

The sum of what is contained in the world

the world is one's oyster see under oyster

the world over

Throughout the world, worldwide

the world's end

The most distant point possible

the world, the flesh and the devil

Temptations of the kind that notoriously distract one from the path of virtue

the world to come

The next world, the life after death

think the world of

To be very fond of

Third World see under third

worlds apart

As different as is possible

world without end

Eternally (worldˈ-without-endˈ adjective)
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