Ground
[graʊnd] or [ɡraʊnd]
解釋/意思:
(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
解釋/意思:
(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.
校對:劳伦斯
同義詞及近義詞:
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
同義詞及反義詞:
[See FOUND]
SYN:Basis, foundation, premise, reason, cause, account, plea
ANT:Superstructure, statement, argument, inference, deduction
巴贝奇錄入
解釋/意思:
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.
以斯拉錄入
例句/造句/用法:
- She laughed, and the Major did too, at his droll figure on donkey-back, with his long legs touching the ground. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- The ground was torn up and in front of my head there was a splintered beam of wood. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- Placing one end of my harness strap in his hands I lowered him quickly to the ground below. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- The coloring substances are pulverized and the mixture ground. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- I vaulted to the ground below and ran swiftly toward the advancing party. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- He looked vacantly upon the crowd, and fell heavily to the ground. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- The camera obscura consisted of a box with a lens at one end and a ground glass at the other, just like a modern camera. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- A short walk brought us to a secluded road fringed with pleasant houses, each standing in its own grounds. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- The grounds were more than an acre and a quarter in extent, and they were filled with people! 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- She must be persuaded to tell us, or she must be forced to tell us, on what grounds she bases her belief that you took the Moonstone. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- Tell me what it is, explain the grounds on which you acted, and I shall be satisfied, in being able to satisfy you. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- It was really very large and beautiful and there were fine trees in the grounds. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- I offered the lady marriage, but she refused it on the grounds that such a match might mar my career. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- As it was, I met him with the most resolute politeness, apologised for my involuntary intrusion (which he called a trespass,) and left the grounds. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Ivanhoe expressed great repugnance to this plan, which he grounded on unwillingness to give farther trouble to his benefactors. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- The military feelings, says James, are too deeply grounded to abdicate their place among our ideals until better substitutes are offered . 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- The whole of his behaviour, replied Elinor, from the beginning to the end of the affair, has been grounded on selfishness. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- And I believe, upon a strict inquiry, those quarrels might be shown as ill-grounded among us as they are among that people. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- I use this crude example because it shows that even the most genuine and deeply grounded demands are as yet unable to free themselves entirely from a superficial manner of thinking. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- The ferry-boat came over, however, without his receiving any sign, and when it grounded his master took him by the collar and walked him into it. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- The boat, when it did come, grounded on a sand-bar a few miles below where we were in camp. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- The burning mass, however, floated down to Carthage before grounding, as did also one of the barges in tow. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- The other end of the secondary is connected with the grounding wire. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
編輯:桑德拉