world
英[wɜːld]
美[wɝld]
- n. 世界；领域；宇宙；世俗；全人类；物质生活
英英释意
- 1. all of the inhabitants of the earth;
- "all the world loves a lover"
- "she always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the women"
- 2. everything that exists anywhere;
- "they study the evolution of the universe"
- "the biggest tree in existence"
- 3. all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you;
- "his world was shattered"
- "we live in different worlds"
- "for them demons were as much a part of reality as trees were"
- 4. people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest;
- "the Western world"
- 5. the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet on which we live;
- "the Earth moves around the sun"
- "he sailed around the world"
- 6. the concerns of the world as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife;
- "they consider the church to be independent of the world"
- 7. a part of the earth that can be considered separately;
- "the outdoor world"
- "the world of insects"
- 8. people in general considered as a whole;
- "he is a hero in the eyes of the public"