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n.

vt.

vi.

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1. N-PROPER 地球（指宇宙组成部分时用Earth，指人类居住的星球时用the Earth） Earth or the Earth is the planet on which we live. People usually say Earth when they are referring to the planet as part of the universe, and the Earth when they are talking about the planet as the place where we live. 

  • The space shuttle Atlantis returned safely to earth today. “

    亚特兰蒂斯”号航天飞机今天安全返回地球。

  • ...a fault in the Earth's crust.

    地壳断层

2. N-SING 陆地;地面 The earth is the land surface on which we live and move about. 

  • The earth shook and the walls of neighbouring houses fell around them.

    地面摇晃，周围房屋的墙体在他们身边倒塌。

3. N-UNCOUNT 泥土;土壤;土地 Earth is the substance on the land surface of the earth, for example clay or sand, in which plants grow. 

  • The road winds for miles through parched earth, scrub and cactus...

    公路蜿蜒数英里，穿过炙烤的大地、灌木丛和仙人掌。

  • They will revert to tilling the earth in an old-fashioned way.

    他们将回归到用老方法耕地。

4. N-COUNT （狐等的）洞穴 An earth is a hole in the ground in which an animal such as a fox lives. 
5. N-SING （接）地线 The earth in an electric plug or piece of electrical equipment is the wire through which electricity can pass into the ground, which makes the equipment safe if something goes wrong with it. 

  • The earth wire was not connected.

    地线没有接上。

in AM, use 美国英语用 ground
earthed

  • Light fittings with metal parts should always be earthed.

    有金属部件的照明装置都应该走地线。

6. See also: down-to-earth;  
7. PHRASE （用于以how, why, what 或 where 开始的问句，表示强调，通常表示问题没有答案或很难回答）究竟，到底 On earth is used for emphasis in questions that begin with words such as 'how', 'why', 'what', or 'where'. It is often used to suggest that there is no obvious or easy answer to the question being asked. 

  • How on earth did that happen?...

    那件事到底怎么发生的？

  • What on earth had Luke done?...

    卢克究竟做了什么？

  • Why on earth would he want to go to such a place?

    他到底为什么想去那么个地方？

8. PHRASE （用于否定名词短语后表强调）根本，完全 On earth is used for emphasis after some negative noun groups, for example 'no reason'. 

  • There was no reason on earth why she couldn't have moved in with us...

    她没能搬过来和我们同住，这根本就说不通。

  • There is no feeling on earth like winning for the first time.

    初尝胜利滋味的感觉真是无可比拟。

9. PHRASE (用于包含形容词最高级的名词短语后表示强调)世界上，人世间 On earth is used for emphasis after a noun group that contains a superlative adjective. 

  • He wanted to be the fastest man on earth.

    他想成为世界上跑得最快的人。

  • ...the site of the worst ecological disaster on earth.

    世界上最严重的生态灾难发生地

10. PHRASE （激动之后）恢复正常生活，回到现实 If you come down to earth or back to earth, you have to face the reality of everyday life after a period of great excitement. 

  • When he came down to earth after his win he admitted: 'It was an amazing feeling'...

    从胜利的喜悦中平复后，他承认：“当时感觉棒极了。”

  • I was shocked, brought down to earth by this revelation.

    真相的披露让我深感震惊，我被带回了现实。

11. PHRASE （经过长时间的寻找后）终于找到 If you run someone or something to earth, you find them after searching for them for a long time. 

  • She ran him to earth in the pub at five to one.

    1点差5分的时候，她终于在酒馆里找到了他。

12. PHRASE 价格不菲/斥巨资 If you say that something cost the earth or that you paid the earth for it, you are emphasizing that it cost a very large amount of money. 

  • It must have cost the earth.

    这肯定花了很多钱。

13.   hell on earth→see: hell;  to move heaven and earth→see: heaven;  salt of the earth→see: salt; 
Noun

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)

Verb

1. hide in the earth like a hunted animal

2. connect to the earth;

  • "earth the circuit"

医学

  • 1.①土，土地：构成地面的土壤和其他粉状物；②无机物：无定形易粉碎的无机物

地理学

<名>
  • 1.地球

天文学

<名>
  • 1.地球
  • 2.太阳系九大行星之一。人类生活所在的行星。

电力

<名>
  • 1.土石坝
  • 2.earth-rockfill dam
  • 3.土石围堰
  • 4.earth-rockfill cofferdam

电工

<名>
  • 1.地，又称：地(ground)

船舶

<名>
  • 1.地
  • 2.又称 :地(ground)
  • 3.任一点的电位按惯例取为零的与大地等电位的导电物质。对金属船体，系指包括与船体永久性固定在一起的金属构件在内的全部金属船体；对非金属船，系指船底专门设置的金属接地板。
  • 4.又称：地(ground) ，

药学

<名>
  • 1.土

计算机

  • 1.接地，地[E]
  • 2.地线
1. Not only is the position of the earth changing but the earth itself is undergoing change.
不但地球的位置在变化，而且地球本身也在经历着变化。

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2. When the radiant energy of the sun falls on the earth, it is changed into heat energy, and as a result the earth is warmed.
当太阳的辐射能落在地球上时， 就变为热能，于是，地球暖和起来了。

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3. A dark sky overhangs the earth.
昏暗的天空笼罩大地。

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4. A plane plummeted to earth.
一架飞机一头栽向地面。

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5. A slight earth tremor was felt in California.
加利福尼亚发生了轻微的地震。

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6. All men on earth are human brothers.
四海之内皆兄弟。

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7. Anything that is dropped falls towards the centre of the earth because of the pull of gravity.
物体脱手即向地心方向跌落是由于重力吸引的缘故。

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8. As we've seen, oceans cover more than 70％ of the earth.
据我们所知，海洋占地球面积的70％以上。

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9. Beneath them the earth was naked of grass.
在他们脚下是寸草不生的土地。

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10. Bill was sitting and daydreaming so his mother told him to come down to earth and to do his homework.
比尔坐着空想， 他母亲要他面对现实，去做课外作业。

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11. Columbus's contention that the earth was round turned out to be correct.
结果证明哥伦布认为地球是圆的这一论点是对的。

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12. Dry earth absorbs water quickly.
干土吸水很快。

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13. Earthquake pitted the surface of the earth.
地震使地面出现了凹陷。

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14. Eons passed before life existed on the earth.
经过数不清的年代以后，地球上才有人类。

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15. Everything is all right. What on earth are you crying for?
好好儿的，你哭哪门子？

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16. For someone who doesn't like heat, Florida would be hell on earth.
对不喜欢热天的人来说，佛罗里达简直就是人间地狱。

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17. He came back to earth when the teacher told him to pay more attention.
当老师告诉他要认真的时候，他回到了现实中来。

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18. He came down to earth when the teacher told him to pay more attention.
当老师告诉他要认真的时候，他回到了现实中来。

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19. He dived his hand into the earth.
他将手插入泥土中。

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20. He is ready to do anything on earth to better his fortunes.
他准备在世上干点什么以便交上好运。

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