earth

1 عمومی:: كره‌ زمین‌، سط‌ح‌ زمین‌، خاك‌، زمین‌، سكنه‌، دنیای‌ فانی‌

شبکه مترجمین ایران

1 general:: see DOWN TO EARTH; ENDS OF THE EARTH; FOUR CORNERS OF THE EARTH; MOVE HEAVEN AND EARTH; NOT HAVE AN EARTHLY CHANCE; ON EARTH; RUN TO EARTH; SALT OF THE EARTH.

American Heritage Idioms

2 general:: Earth/the Earth the planet we live on - used especially when talking about this in relation to other planets and to space. Also used when talking about being on the ground as opposed to being in the sky: • The Earth moves around the sun. • The space shuttle returned to Earth safely. • It’s the highest mountain on Earth . the world the planet we live on – used when talking about all the people, countries, places etc on it: • He’s one of the richest men in the world . • Sir Francis Drake was the first Englishman to sail around the world. land the solid dry part of the Earth’s surface: • After weeks at sea, the sailors saw land. the globe the world – used especially when you want to emphasize that something happens in or comes from every part of the world: • a meeting of scientists from around the globe • There has been an increase in skin cancer across the globe. • The network is accessible from any point on the globe.

Longman-Thesaurus

3 general:: noun our planet: Earth is a planet in the solar system.

Simple Definitions

4 general::   noun 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 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

Oxford Collocations Dictionary

5 general:: earth nouns the Earth’s surface • Over seventy percent of the Earth’s surface is covered by ocean. the Earth’s crust • Volcanoes and earthquakes occur where there is movement in the Earth’s crust. the Earth’s core (= central part ) • The Earth’s inner core is almost entirely composed of iron. the Earth’s mantle (= parts around the central core ) • the incredibly high temperatures and pressures deep within Earth’s mantle the Earth’s atmosphere • The Earth’s atmosphere blocks off all radiation from space other than light and radio waves. the Earth’s gravity • the continual pull of the Earth’s gravity on the Moon. the Earth’s orbit • The rocket left the Earth's orbit and set off to Mars. the Earth’s rotation • Has the Earth’s rotation always been the same? the Earth’s axis • Over thousands of years, the direction of Earth’s axis slowly changes. the Earth’s climate • The level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has an influence on the Earth’s climate. verbs orbit • The Earth orbits the Sun once a year, and the Moon orbits the Earth approximately every 27 days. revolve/rotate • Because of the direction in which the Earth revolves, the sun always rises in the east and sets in the west. go round/around • Why does the Earth goes around the Sun? phrases Planet Earth • the origin of life on Planet Earth earth 2 adjectives soft • The wheels got stuck in the soft earth. hard • It hadn’t rained for weeks and the earth was hard. bare (= not covered by trees or grass ) • There were no flowers or grass, just bare earth. fertile • This earth is not fertile enough to produce crops. freshly-dug • The poppy seeds were planted in the freshly-dug earth. moist/damp • I slipped on the damp earth and fell over. phrases a mound of earth (= a pile of earth that looks like a small hill ) • A mound of earth lay beside the grave. a clod/clump of earth (= a lump of earth ) • The horse’s hooves kicked up great clods of earth.

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