earth
US: /ˈɝθ/
UK: /ˈɜːθ/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
earth /ə:θ/- danh từ
- đất, đất liền, mặt đất (đối lại với trời); quả đất
- (hoá học) đất
- rare earths: đất hiếm
- hang (cáo, chồn...)
- to go to earth: chui vào tận hang
- trần gian, cõi tục (đối với thiên đường, địa ngục)
- to come back to earth
- thôi mơ tưởng mà trở về thực tế
- to move heaven and earth
- (xem) move
- ngoại động từ
- vun (cây); lấp đất (hạt giống)
- đuổi (cáo...) vào hang
- nội động từ
- chạy vào hang (cáo...)
- điện đặt dây đất, nối với đất
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb+ noun
1 (also Earth, the Earth) [U, sing.] the world; the planet that we live on: the planet Earth + the history of life on earth + the earth's ozone layer + The earth revolves around the sun. + I must be the happiest person on earth!
2 [U, sing.] land; the hard surface of the world that is not the sea or the sky; the ground: After a week at sea, it was good to feel the earth beneath our feet again. + You could feel the earth shake as the truck came closer.
3 [U] the substance that plants grow in
Synonym: SOIL
a clod / lump / mound of earth + I cleaned off the earth clinging to my boots.
4 [C] the hole where an animal, especially a FOX, lives
5 (BrE) (AmE ground) [C, usually sing.] a wire that connects an electric CIRCUIT with the ground and makes it safe
Idioms: charge, cost, pay, etc. the earth (BrE, informal) to charge, etc. a lot of money: I'd love that dress, but it costs the earth. + If you want a house in London, you'll have to pay the earth for it.
come back / down to earth (with a bang / bump)
bring sb (back) down to earth (with a bang / bump) (informal) to return, or to make sb return, to a normal way of thinking or behaving after a time when they have been very excited, not very practical, etc.
See also -
go to earth / ground (BrE) to hide, especially to escape from sb who is chasing you
how, why, where, who, etc. on earth (informal) used to emphasize the question you are asking when you are surprised or angry or cannot think of an obvious answer: What on earth are you doing? + How on earth can she afford that?
be, feel, look, taste, etc. like nothing on earth (informal) to be, feel, look, taste, etc. very bad
on earth used after negative nouns or pronouns to emphasize what you are saying: Nothing on earth would persuade me to go with him.
run sb/sth to earth / ground (BrE) to find sb/sth after looking hard for a long time
more at END n., FACE n., MOVE v., PROMISE v., SALT n., WIPE v.
+ verb (BrE) (AmE ground) [VN] [usually passive] to make electrical equipment safe by connecting it to the ground with a wire
WHICH WORD?
earth / floor / ground / soil / land
To talk about our planet, use the earth.
For the surface of the earth that is not the sea or the sky, use earth, land or ground: The parachute floated gently down to earth. + We did not see land again until the ship reached Australia. + a plane 2 500 feet above the ground.
For the hard surface you walk on, use ground outside and floor inside: He flung his bike to the ground and rushed inside. + Her clothes were just lying on the floor.
Trees and plants grow in soil, earth (BrE), or dirt (AmE) : These plants prefer alkaline soil. + We filled a few trays with earth/dirt and planted the seeds. What you buy in bags to put your plants or seeds in is usually called compost or soil. Ground is an area of soil:
fertile/soft ground + a piece of ground where the kids play.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 globe, mother earth, planet, world, blue planet, Terra:
Ozone depletion in the upper atmosphere may be threatening life on earth.
2 soil, dirt, loam, sod, clay, turf, ground, mould:
Pack the earth firmly around the roots.
Collocation
1 the world
VERB + EARTH
orbit
satellites orbiting the earth
EARTH + VERB
orbit sth, revolve, rotate
The earth orbits the sun. The earth revolves on its axis.
EARTH + NOUN
tremor
Furniture fell over as the room was shaken by an earth tremor.
| sciences
PREP.
above the ~
We are flying at 30,000 feet above the earth.
| around/round the ~
the moon's orbit around the earth
| on (the) ~
The island was there before there was life on earth.
| to ~
The astronauts were able to send the information back to earth.
PHRASES
the centre/surface of the earth, the earth's core/crust/mantle/surface, (the) planet earth
2 soil
ADJ.
bare
The fields had been ploughed, and there was nothing but bare earth to be seen.
| fertile | barren, infertile | soft | solid | damp, moist, wet | fresh, freshly-dug | loose
I filled the pot with a handful of loose earth.
| baked
The sun beat down on the baked earth.
| scorched
The wreckage of the plane was scattered across the scorched earth.
| chalky, sandy
QUANT.
clod, clump, lump
My boots were caked in big clods of wet earth.
EARTH + NOUN
bank, mound
I scrambled to the top of the steep earth bank.
PREP.
in the ~
The plants must have their roots in the earth.
| under the ~
in mines deep under the earth
Concise dictionary
earths|earthed|earthingɜːθnoun
+the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
+the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface
+the solid part of the earth's surface
+the abode of mortals (as contrasted with heaven or hell)
+once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles)
+the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife
+a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage)
verb
+hide in the earth like a hunted animal
+connect to the earth
