英漢辭典

1. n. (名詞 noun)
   1. 地球

2. 2. 地球上的居民

   the whole earth

   全人類.

3. 3. (相對於天空的)(大)地;(相對於海的)陸地

   bring to the earth

   (把…)射落(在地)

4. 4. (相對於天堂,地獄的)塵世,世間,現世

5. 5. 俗界,世俗的事,塵務,俗事

6. 6. (相對於岩石的)土,土壤

7. 7. (各種)土壤

8. 8. [化] 土類

9. 9. [古代哲學] 土四元素之一

10. 10. (鼠兔等藏身的)(隱蔽)洞穴

    go [run] to earth=take earth

    逃入洞中(cf.片語)

    run...to earth

    把…趕入洞中(cf.片語).

11. 11. [英‧電] 接地,地線

12. 12. [占星] 地性三角形的即金牛座、處女座、山羊座3個星座的

13. 13. [口] 極大的量



14. vt. (及物動詞 transitive verb)
    1. [園] 給(樹根、蔬菜等)培土,培根

15. 2. 將(兔等)追入洞中

16. 3. [英‧電] 使接地



17. vi. (不及物動詞 intransitive verb)
    1. (兔子)逃入洞中

柯林斯英英辭典

n. (noun)

1. a terminal to which this connection is made ground

2. earth colour any of various brown pigments composed chiefly of iron oxides

3. [sometimes capital] the third planet from the sun, the only planet on which life is known to exist. It is not quite spherical, being flattened at the poles, and consists of three geological zones, the core, mantle, and thin outer crust. The surface, covered with large areas of water, is enveloped by an atmosphere principally of nitrogen (78 per cent), oxygen (21 per cent), and some water vapour. The age is estimated at over four thousand million years. Distance from sun: 149.6 million km; equatorial diameter: 12756 km; mass: 5.97610²⁴ kg; sidereal period of axial rotation: 23 hours 56 minutes 4 seconds; sidereal period of revolution about sun: 365.256 days

4. the inhabitants of this planet

the whole earth rejoiced

5. the dry surface of this planet as distinguished from sea or sky; land; ground

6. the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the surface of the ground and consists of disintegrated rock particles, mould, clay, etc; soil

7. worldly or temporal matters as opposed to the concerns of the spirit

8. the hole in which some species of burrowing animals, esp foxes, live

9. See rare earth alkaline earth

10. [chem] a connection between an electrical circuit or device and the earth, which is at zero potential

11. [modifier] [astrology] of or relating to a group of three signs of the zodiac, Taurus, Virgo, and Capricorn - Compare air fire water

vi. (intransitive verb)

1. [intr] (of a hunted fox) to go to ground

vt. (transitive verb)

1. [tr] to connect (a circuit, device, etc) to earth

2. See also earth up

3. [Etymology] Old English eorthe; related to Old Norse jorth, Old High German ertha, Gothic airtha, Greek era