【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】
dearth n.[sing.]缺乏；不足；饥荒
hearth n.灶台，炉边；壁炉地面
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
【单词例句】
◇ She took the little girl in her arms, and they both flew upwards in brightness and joy far above the earth, where there was neither cold nor hunger nor pain, for they were with God.
她把小姑娘抱起来，搂在怀里。她们俩在光明和快乐飞走了，越飞越高，飞到既没有寒冷，又没有饥饿和痛苦的地方，因为她们来到了极乐世界。
◇ Down,down,down.'How far have I fallen now?'Alice said aloud to herself.'Perhaps I'm near the centre of the earth.Let me think…That's four thousand miles down.' (Alice was very good at her school lessons and could remember a lot of things like this.)
往下掉呀，掉呀，掉呀。爱丽丝自言自语：“现在我掉下来了多深？也许我快到地球中心了。让我想想……那是地下4000公里。”（爱丽丝功课不错，能记住好多这样的事。）
---- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1)
◇ A whirring sound was heard in the air, and twelve ravens approached, landing together. As they touched the earth, it was her twelve brothers, whom she had redeemed.
空中传来了一阵呼啦呼啦的声音，十二只乌鸦飞到这里落了下来。牠们刚落地就变成了王后的十二个哥哥。
---- The Twelve Brothers
◇ The one gave her virtue, the second one beauty, the third one wealth, and so on with everything that one could wish for on earth.
女巫师们一个送给她美德，另一个送给她美貌，还有一个送给她富有，她们把世人所希望的，世上所有的优点和期盼都送给了她。
---- Little Brier-Rose
◇ 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
◇ 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
◇ 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
◇ 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
◇ 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
◇ 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