Ground

[graʊnd] or [ɡraʊnd]

解释:

(noun.) (art) the surface (as a wall or canvas) prepared to take the paint for a painting.

(noun.) a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage).

(noun.) a relatively homogeneous percept extending back of the figure on which attention is focused.

(noun.) a position to be won or defended in battle (or as if in battle); 'they gained ground step by step'; 'they fought to regain the lost ground'.

(verb.) instruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject.

(verb.) connect to a ground; 'ground the electrical connections for safety reasons'.

(verb.) place or put on the ground.

(verb.) confine or restrict to the ground; 'After the accident, they grounded the plane and the pilot'.

(verb.) hit or reach the ground.

(verb.) bring to the ground; 'the storm grounded the ship'.

(verb.) hit onto the ground.

(verb.) hit a groundball; 'he grounded to the second baseman'.

(verb.) throw to the ground in order to stop play and avoid being tackled behind the line of scrimmage.

阿诺德手打--From WordNet

解释:

(imp. & p. p.) of Grind

(n.) The surface of the earth; the outer crust of the globe, or some indefinite portion of it.

(n.) A floor or pavement supposed to rest upon the earth.

(n.) Any definite portion of the earth's surface; region; territory; country. Hence: A territory appropriated to, or resorted to, for a particular purpose; the field or place of action; as, a hunting or fishing ground; a play ground.

(n.) Land; estate; possession; field; esp. (pl.), the gardens, lawns, fields, etc., belonging to a homestead; as, the grounds of the estate are well kept.

(n.) The basis on which anything rests; foundation. Hence: The foundation of knowledge, belief, or conviction; a premise, reason, or datum; ultimate or first principle; cause of existence or occurrence; originating force or agency; as, the ground of my hope.

(n.) That surface upon which the figures of a composition are set, and which relieves them by its plainness, being either of one tint or of tints but slightly contrasted with one another; as, crimson Bowers on a white ground.

(n.) In sculpture, a flat surface upon which figures are raised in relief.

(n.) In point lace, the net of small meshes upon which the embroidered pattern is applied; as, Brussels ground. See Brussels lace, under Brussels.

(n.) A gummy composition spread over the surface of a metal to be etched, to prevent the acid from eating except where an opening is made by the needle.

(n.) One of the pieces of wood, flush with the plastering, to which moldings, etc., are attached; -- usually in the plural.

(n.) A composition in which the bass, consisting of a few bars of independent notes, is continually repeated to a varying melody.

(n.) The tune on which descants are raised; the plain song.

(n.) A conducting connection with the earth, whereby the earth is made part of an electrical circuit.

(n.) Sediment at the bottom of liquors or liquids; dregs; lees; feces; as, coffee grounds.

(n.) The pit of a theater.

(v. t.) To lay, set, or run, on the ground.

(v. t.) To found; to fix or set, as on a foundation, reason, or principle; to furnish a ground for; to fix firmly.

(v. t.) To instruct in elements or first principles.

(v. t.) To connect with the ground so as to make the earth a part of an electrical circuit.

(v. t.) To cover with a ground, as a copper plate for etching (see Ground, n., 5); or as paper or other materials with a uniform tint as a preparation for ornament.

(v. i.) To run aground; to strike the bottom and remain fixed; as, the ship grounded on the bar.

(-) imp. & p. p. of Grind.

校对:劳伦斯

同义词及近义词:

n. [1]. Soil, earth, clod, turf, sod, loam, mould, surface of land.[2]. Region, territory, country, land, domain.[3]. Estate, acres, field, real property, landed estate.[4]. Foundation, support, base, basis, groundwork.[5]. Motive, consideration, reason, cause, inducement, account.

v. a. [1]. Place on the ground.[2]. Found, establish, base, fix, set.

v. n. Run aground, get aground.

整理:斯特拉

同义词及反义词:

[See FOUND]

SYN:Basis, foundation, premise, reason, cause, account, plea

ANT:Superstructure, statement, argument, inference, deduction

巴贝奇录入

解释:

n. the surface of the earth: a portion of the earth's surface: land field soil: the floor &c.: position: field or place of action: (lit. or fig.) that on which something is raised: foundation: sufficient reason: (art) the surface on which the figures are represented.—v.t. to fix on a foundation or principle: to instruct in first principles: to cover with a layer of plaster &c. as a basis for painting: to coat with a composition as a surface to be etched.—v.i. to strike the bottom and remain fixed.—ns. Ground′age the tax paid by a ship for the space occupied while in port; Ground′-ang′ling fishing without a float with a weight placed a few inches from the hook—called also Bottom-fishing; Ground′-ash a sapling of ash; Ground′-bait bait dropped to the bottom of the water.—adv. Ground′edly (Browning) on good grounds.—ns. Ground′er at baseball &c. a ball thrown low rather than rising into the air; Ground′-floor the floor of a house on a level with the street or exterior ground; Ground′-game hares rabbits as distinguished from winged game; Ground′-hog the American marmot or woodchuck: the aardvark of Africa; Ground′-hold (Spens.) ground-tackle; Ground-ice the ice formed at the bottom of a water first—also An′chor-ice; Ground′ing the background of embroidery &c.; Ground′-ī′vy a common British creeping-plant whose leaves were once used for flavouring ale (gill-ale or gell-ale).—adj. Ground′less without ground foundation or reason.—adv. Ground′lessly.—ns. Ground′lessness; Ground′ling a fish which keeps near the bottom of the water esp. the spinous loach: a spectator in the pit of a theatre—-hence one of the common herd: (pl.) the vulgar.—adj. (Lamb) base.—ns. Ground′-nut ground-bean or pea-nut the fruit of the annual leguminous plant Arachis hypogéŽ; Ground′-oak a sapling of oak; Ground′-plan plan of the horizontal section of the lowest or ground story of a building: Ground′-plot the plot of ground on which a building stands; Ground′-rent rent paid to a landlord for the use of the ground for a specified term usually in England ninety-nine years.—n.pl. Grounds dregs of drink: sediment at the bottom of liquors (explained by Skeat as Celtic—Gael. grunndas lees grunnd bottom Ir. gruntas grunnt bottom).—ns. Ground′sell Ground′sill the timber of a building which lies next to the ground; Ground-squirr′el the chipmuck or hackee; Ground′-swell a broad deep undulation of the ocean proceeding from a distant storm; Ground′-tack′le the tackle necessary for securing a vessel at anchor; Ground′work that which forms the ground or foundation of anything: the basis: the essential part: the first principle.—Ground annual in the law of Scotland an annual payment sometimes called a rent-charge made for land—a substitute for feu-duty.—Be on one's own ground to be dealing with a matter in which one is specially versed; Break ground to take the first step in any project; Fall to the ground to come to nothing; Gain ground to advance to obtain an advantage; Give ground to yield advantage; Lose ground to retire to lose advantage; Slippery ground an insecure footing; Stand or Hold one's ground to stand firm.

pa.t. and pa.p. of grind.

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