Earth

[ɜːθ] or [ɝθ]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) the abode of mortals (as contrasted with Heaven or Hell); 'it was hell on earth'.

(noun.) the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on; 'the Earth moves around the sun'; 'he sailed around the world'.

(noun.) the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface; 'they dug into the earth outside the church'.

(noun.) once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles).

(verb.) connect to the earth; 'earth the circuit'.

(verb.) hide in the earth like a hunted animal.

本校對--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) The globe or planet which we inhabit; the world, in distinction from the sun, moon, or stars. Also, this world as the dwelling place of mortals, in distinction from the dwelling place of spirits.

(n.) The solid materials which make up the globe, in distinction from the air or water; the dry land.

(n.) The softer inorganic matter composing part of the surface of the globe, in distinction from the firm rock; soil of all kinds, including gravel, clay, loam, and the like; sometimes, soil favorable to the growth of plants; the visible surface of the globe; the ground; as, loose earth; rich earth.

(n.) A part of this globe; a region; a country; land.

(n.) Worldly things, as opposed to spiritual things; the pursuits, interests, and allurements of this life.

(n.) The people on the globe.

(n.) Any earthy-looking metallic oxide, as alumina, glucina, zirconia, yttria, and thoria.

(n.) A similar oxide, having a slight alkaline reaction, as lime, magnesia, strontia, baryta.

(n.) A hole in the ground, where an animal hides himself; as, the earth of a fox.

(v. t.) To hide, or cause to hide, in the earth; to chase into a burrow or den.

(v. t.) To cover with earth or mold; to inter; to bury; -- sometimes with up.

(v. i.) To burrow.

(n.) A plowing.

艾伦校對

同義詞及近義詞：

n. [1]. World, globe.[2]. Soil, ground, land, clod, turf, sod.

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解釋/意思:

n. the name applied to the third planet in order from the sun: the matter on the surface of the globe: soil: dry land as opposed to sea: the world: the inhabitants of the world: dirt: dead matter: the human body: a fox's hole: (pl.) the name applied by the alchemists and earlier chemists to certain substances now known to be oxides of metal which were distinguished by being infusible and by insolubility in water.—v.t. to hide or cause to hide in the earth: to bury.—v.i. to burrow: to hide.—ns. Earth′-bag a sack of earth used in fortifications; Earth′-bath a bath of earth or mud; Earth′-board the board of a plough or other implement that turns over the earth.—adjs. Earth′-born born from or on the earth; Earth′-bound bound or held by the earth as a tree; Earth′-bred mean grovelling.—n. Earth′-clos′et a system consisting of the application of earth to the deodorisation of f鎐al matters.—adjs. Earth′-creā′ted made of earth; Earth′en made of earth or clay: earthly.—ns. Earth′enware crockery; Earth′-fall a landslide.—adj. Earth′-fed contented with earthly things.—ns. Earth′flax asbestos; Earth′-hog (see Aardvark); Earth′-house the name given to the ancient underground dwellings in Ireland and Scotland also called Picts' houses; Earth′-hung′er the passion for acquiring land; Earth′iness; Earth′liness; Earth′ling a dweller on the earth.—adjs. Earth′ly belonging to the earth: vile: worldly; Earth′ly-mind′ed having the mind intent on earthly things.—ns. Earth′ly-mind′edness; Earth′-nut the popular name of certain tuberous roots growing underground; Earth′-pea the hog-peanut; Earth′-plate a buried plate of metal forming the earth-connection of a telegraph-wire lightning-conductor &c.; Earth′quake a quaking or shaking of the earth: a heaving of the ground; Earth′-shine the faint light visible on the part of the moon not illuminated by the sun; Earth′-trem′or a slight earthquake.—adv. Earth′ward toward the earth.—ns. Earth′work a fortification of earth; Earth′-worm the common worm: a mean person a poor creature.—adj. Earth′y consisting of relating to or resembling earth: inhabiting the earth: gross: unrefined.

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