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)