【earth音标】 英[ɜ:θ] 美[ɜ:rθ]
【单词释义】 earth是什么意思：
n.[U]地球；陆地；泥土；[C]兽穴
vt.把（电线）接地；盖（土）；追赶入洞穴
vi.躲进地洞
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[单词复数] earths [第三人称单数] earths
[单词现在分词] earthing
[单词过去式] earthed
[单词过去分词] earthed
【关联词/派生词】
earthquake n.地震
earthenware n.陶器 adj. 陶制的
earthshaking adj. 震撼全球的，极为重大的，翻天覆地的
earthy adj.泥土的；土质的；朴实的；粗俗的
earthly adj.地球的，地上的；尘世的，世俗的；可能的
【earth形近词/近似词】
unearth vt.发掘；发现，揭露；从洞中赶出
unearthly adj.超自然的；神秘的；可怕的；怪异的
dearth n.[sing.]缺乏；不足；饥荒
hearth n.灶台，炉边；壁炉地面
【单词例句】
◇ "It is yours," answered the devil, "if for two years you will give me one half of everything your field produces. I have enough money, but I have a desire for the fruits of the earth."
“就归你吧！”魔鬼说，“只要你肯将两年内一半的收成给我就行了。钱，我有的是，但我更喜欢地上的果实。”
---- The Peasant and the Devil
◇ An important new industry, oil refining, grew after the Civil War. Crude oil, or petroleum (a dark, thick ooze from the earth) had been known for hundreds of years, but little use had ever been made of it.
一种重要的新兴工业 —— 炼油业在国内战争后成长起来。未加工的石油，或原油（一种深色的地下的稠浆）数百年来一直为大众所知，但是人们却很少使用过它。
---- Oil Refining
◇ I think about being a broken vase again and realize that I have glued myself back together, what Mike has is merely a little part of my time in earth, a little understanding of my physical being. He has only, a little piece of me.
我想起曾经觉得自己像花瓶一样裂开了，才意识到原来自己已经把自己修理好了。迈克只是我生命中的小小过客，他仅仅了解我的表面，他仅仅是我生命中的小小一部分。
---- A Little Piece of Me
◇ After more than 100 years of studies, many things are still obscure. Today visitors come by the thousands - the great and simple of the earth - all in a spirit of marvel. Travelers come from every state of the Union, from every country in Europe and Asia, pilgrims to a shrine that is the same as the creed.
经过了100多年的研究，有许多事情仍是个谜。今天，数以千计的游客 —— 不管是普通人还是大人物 —— 都怀着一种好奇的心情来到这里。他们来自于美国的第一洲，来自于欧洲和亚洲的每一个国家，就像朝圣者一样虔诚地来到这座神殿。
---- The Grand Canyon
◇ The latest gamma-ray burst to be detected accurately occurred last December.Using a network of telescopes and satellites,the astronomers were able to calculate its distance from earth at about 15 billion light years.
去年十二月份，用网络望远镜和卫星精确地侦察到了最新一次伽马射线的爆炸。天文学家估计它与我们地球大概有15光年。
---- The Big Bang
◇ Every day, Americans throw away 500 million plastic straws, enough to circle the Earth twice, or fill 125 school buses.
每天美国人都要扔掉5亿根塑料吸管，足以绕地球两圈，或者装满125辆校车。
---- Is time up for this plastic relic
◇ Scientists say it's difficult to know whether there's a limit to the number of people the planet can sustain — or when we could be approaching it. Still, according to Bradshaw, the 7.7 billion people who inhabit Earth now may already be pushing the planet to a breaking point.
科学家表示，很难知道地球能承受的人口上限，或者何时会接近上限。不过，据布拉德肖说，现在居住在地球上的77亿人可能已经把地球推向了崩溃的边缘。
---- World's population could swell to 10.9 billion by 2100
◇ After completing its first year of observations in the southern sky, NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite has spotted some intriguing new exoplanets only 31 light-years away from Earth.
美国宇航局（NASA）的过境系外行星测量卫星（TESS）在完成对南半球天空的第一年观测后，发现了几颗距离地球仅31光年的有趣的新系外行星。
---- NASA finds potentially habitable super-Earth
◇ MKII, a planet billions of kilometers away, is the origin of life in many religions. Physicists have proved the theory that its gentle climate and the pull of its gravity are similar to the earth’s.
MK二号是一颗几十亿公里外的行星，它在许多宗教里都是生命起源的地方。物理学家已经证明了它温和的气候和重力的牵引都和地球相似的理论；
---- Explore MKII
◇ and when she danced towards the open church door, she saw an angel standing there. He wore long, white garments; he had wings which reached from his shoulders to the earth; his countenance was severe and grave; and in his hand he held a sword, broad and glittering.
当她跳到教堂敞着的大门口的时候，她看到一位穿白长袍的安琪儿。她的翅膀从肩上一直拖到脚下，她的面孔是庄严而沉着，手中拿着一把明晃晃的剑。
---- The Red Shoes