earth
noun/ɜːrθ/
Слово англійською: earth
Переклад earth українською: Земля́ (плане́та), ґрунт, земля́ (родю́ча і т. д.), зазе́млення, о́хра, во́хра
Детальний опис
- (also Earth, the Earth)[uncountable, singular] the world; the planet that we live on
- the planet Earth
- The earth revolves around the sun.
- a satellite orbiting the earth
- the earth's surface/crust
- on earth the history of life on earth
- I must be the happiest person on earth!
Wordfinder- climate
- earth
- equator
- equinox
- hemisphere
- International Date Line
- latitude
- map
- planet
- tropic
- [uncountable, singular] 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.
- above the earth fifty feet above the earth
- under/below/beneath the earth in mines deep under the earth
- You could feel the earth shake as the truck came closer.
- [uncountable] the substance that plants grow in
- a clod/mound of earth
- I cleaned off the earth clinging to my boots.
- [countable] the hole under the ground where an animal, especially a fox, lives
- (British English) (North American English ground)[countable, usually singular] a wire that connects an electric circuit with the ground and makes it safe
Word OriginOld English eorthe, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch aarde and German Erde.
Idioms
be, feel, look, taste, etc. like nothing on earth
- (informal) to be, feel, look, taste, etc. very bad
charge, cost, pay, etc. the earth
- (British English, 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 somebody (back) down to earth (with a bang/bump)
- (informal) to return, or to make somebody return, to a normal way of thinking or behaving after a time when you/they have been very excited, not very practical, etc. see also down to earth
disappear/vanish off the face of the earth
- to disappear completely
- Keep looking—they can't just have vanished off the face of the earth.
go to earth/ground
- (British English) to hide, especially to escape from somebody
go to the ends of the earth
- to do everything possible, even if it is difficult, in order to get or achieve something
- I'd go to the ends of the earth to see her again.
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?
move heaven and earth
- to do everything you possibly can in order to achieve something
on earth
- used after negative nouns or pronouns to emphasize what you are saying
- Nothing on earth would persuade me to go with him.
promise (somebody) the earth/moon/world
- (informal) to make promises that will be impossible to keep
- Politicians promise the earth before an election, but things are different afterwards.
run somebody/something to earth/ground
- (British English) to find somebody/something after looking hard for a long time
the salt of the earth
- a very good and honest person that you can always depend on
wipe somebody/something off the face of the earth | wipe something off the map
- to destroy or remove somebody/something completely