earth
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- n. 地球；地表，陸地；土地，土壤；塵事，俗事；獸穴
- vt. 把（電線）[電] 接地；蓋（土）；追趕入洞穴
- vi. 躲進(jìn)地洞
英英釋意
- 1. the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface;
- "they dug into the earth outside the church"
- 2. the solid part of the earth's surface;
- "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"
- "the earth shook for several minutes"
- "he dropped the logs on the ground"
- 3. once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles)
- 4. the concerns of the world as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife;
- "they consider the church to be independent of the world"
- 5. a connection between an electrical device and the earth (which is a zero voltage)