earths

英 [ɜːθs]

美 [ɜːrθs]

n.  世界; 地球; 陆地; 地面; 大地; 土; 泥; 泥土
v.  把(电线)接地
earth的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• 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）
  Earthorthe Earthis the planet on which we live. People usually sayEarthwhen they are referring to the planet as part of the universe, andthe Earthwhen they are talking about the planet as the place where we live.
  1. 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。
  2. ...a fault in the Earth's crust.
     地壳断层
• N-SING 陆地;地面
  The earthis the land surface on which we live and move about.
  1. 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。
• N-UNCOUNT 泥土;土壤;土地
  Earthis the substance on the land surface of the earth, for example clay or sand, in which plants grow.
  1. 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。
  2. They will revert to tilling the earth in an old-fashioned way.
     他们将回归到用老方法耕地。
• （狐等的）洞穴
  Anearthis a hole in the ground in which an animal such as a fox lives.
• N-SING （接）地线
  Theearthin 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.
  1. The earth wire was not connected.
     地线没有接上。

in AM, use 美国英语用 ground


• See also:down-to-earth
• 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 earthis 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.
  1. How on earth did that happen?...
     那件事到底怎么发生的？
  2. What on earth had Luke done?...
     卢克究竟做了什么？
  3. 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？
• PHRASE （用于否定名词短语后表强调）根本，完全
  On earthis used for emphasis after some negative noun groups, for example 'no reason'.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• 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 earthis used for emphasis after a noun group that contains a superlative adjective.
  1. He wanted to be the fastest man on earth.
     他想成为世界上跑得最快的人。
  2. ...the site of the worst ecological disaster on earth.
     世界上最严重的生态灾难发生地
• PHRASE （激动之后）恢复正常生活，回到现实
  If you comedown to earthorback to earth, you have to face the reality of everyday life after a period of great excitement.
  1. 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。”
  2. 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。
• PHRASE （经过长时间的寻找后）终于找到
  If yourunsomeone or somethingto earth, you find them after searching for them for a long time.
  1. 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。
• PHRASE 价格不菲/斥巨资
  If you say that somethingcost the earthor that youpaid the earthfor it, you are emphasizing that it cost a very large amount of money.
  1. It must have cost the earth.
     这肯定花了很多钱。
• hell on earth→ see:hell

双语例句

• Researchers looked through over 400 studies of the Earths rock record, and visited nearly 70 field sites.
  研究人员查阅了400多份地球岩石记录，并走访了近70个研究现场。
• China for years has supplied most of Japan's rare earths.
  中国多年来一直为日本提供绝大多数稀土资源。
• Rare earths group of South and North in miscarry now?
  南北稀土集团就这样流产了吗？
• The incoming streams of solar protons and electrons are affected by the earths magnetic field in a complicated way.
  太阳的质子和电子的入射流，受到地球磁场的复杂作用。
• In the past four months, global prices for rare earths have doubled.
  过去4个月，稀土的国际价格翻了一倍。
• Yet these so-called minor metals and rare earths are as critical as copper and aluminium to the global economy.
  然而，对全球经济来说，这些所谓的稀有金属和稀土元素，与铜和铝一样至关重要。
• It is obvious that rare earths can suppress the oxidation and sulfuration of metals and alloys at high temperatures.
  稀土在金属与合金的高温氧化与硫化作用中具有明显的抗蚀特性。
• When we tried simulating the formation of Earths in these systems, we didn't think it would work.
  当我们试图模拟地球在这些系统中的形成过程中，我们没有想到这一过程会起作用。
• You and I have been on other Earths before.
  你和我以前去过其它地球。
• The perturbation effect of the earths magnetic field on the orbital elements of a charged satellite is further studied.
  研究了地球磁场对带电的非赤道卫星的轨道根数的摄动影响。