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earth

英 [ɜːθ] 美[ɝθ]
  • n. 地球;地表,陆地;土地,土壤;尘事,俗事;兽穴
  • vt. 把(电线)[电] 接地;盖(土);追赶入洞穴
  • vi. 躲进地洞

英英释意


1. the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface;
"they dug into the earth outside the church"
2. the solid part of the earth's surface;
"the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"
"the earth shook for several minutes"
"he dropped the logs on the ground"
3. once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles)
4. the concerns of the world as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife;
"they consider the church to be independent of the world"
5. a connection between an electrical device and the earth (which is a zero voltage)