| 释义 |
earth | BrE əːθ, AmE ərθ | A. noun ① uncountable and countable (mainly Astronomy) (also Earth) (planet) 地球 dìqiú ▸ the earth's crust/surface/core 地壳/地表/地核 ▸ to the ends of the earth 到天涯海角 ▸ how/what/why on earth …? informal 究竟如何/是什么/为什么…? ▸ to cost the earth British informal 极其昂贵 → face A7② uncountable (human world) 人世 rénshì ▸ heaven/hell on earth 人间天堂/地狱 ▸ to feel/taste etc. like nothing on earth informal 感觉/吃起来等糟透了 ③ uncountable (ground) 陆地 lùdì ▸ to come back or down to earth informal 回到现实 ④ uncountable (soil) 泥土 nítǔ ⑤ countable and uncountable (lair, esp of fox) 兽穴 shòu xué ▸ to go to earth figurative 躲藏起来 ▸ to run sb/sth to earth figurative 终于追寻到某人/某物 ⑥ countable British Electricity 地线 dìxiàn B. transitive verb British 使…接地 shǐ… jiēdì ‹appliance, plug›PHRASAL VERB earth up: transitive verb [earth up sth, earth sth up] 用土掩盖 yòng tǔ yǎngài ▸ to earth up the roots 给根部壅土 |