earth
earth 英 [ɜ:θ] 美 [ɜrθ]
n. 地球;陆地;土地,
进行时:earthing 过去式:earthed 过去分词:earthed 第三人称单数:earths 名词复数:earths
- Earth is our home planet, the third from the sun. Life on earth is possible because of its particular climate and the presence of water.
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- n. 地球;陆地;土地,
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1. the history of life on earth
地球上的生命史
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2. I must be the happiest person on earth!
我一定是世界上最幸福的人!
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3. You could feel the earth shake as the truck came closer.
卡车开近时会感觉到地面在震动。
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4. What on earth are you doing?
你究竟在干什么?
- earth (n.) Old English eorþe "ground, soil, dirt, dry land; country, district," also used (along with middangeard) for "the (material) world, the abode of man" (as opposed to the heavens or the underworld), from Proto-Germanic *ertho (source also of Old Frisian erthe "earth," Old Saxon ertha, Old Norse jörð, Middle Dutch eerde, Dutch aarde, Old High German erda, German Erde, Gothic airþa), from extended form of PIE root *er- (2) "earth, ground." The earth considered as a planet was so called from c. 1400. Use in old chemistry is from 1728. Earth-mover "large digging machine" is from 1940.
- earth (v.) "to commit (a corpse) to earth," late 14c., from earth (n.). Related: Earthed; earthing.
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