earth
地球,大地,地上,地球上
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- : the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7,926 miles and a polar diameter of 7,900 miles, a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles, and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
- : the inhabitants of this planet, especially the human inhabitants: The whole earth rejoiced.
- : this planet as the habitation of humans, often in contrast to heaven and hell: to create a hell on earth.
- : the surface of this planet: to fall to earth.
- : the solid matter of this planet; dry land; ground.
- : soil and dirt, as distinguished from rock and sand; the softer part of the land.
- : the hole of a burrowing animal; lair.
- : Chemistry. any of several metallic oxides that are difficult to reduce, as alumina, zirconia, and yttria.Compare alkaline earth, rare earth.
- : Also called earth color. Fine Arts. any of various pigments consisting chiefly of iron oxides and tending toward brown in hue.
- : Chiefly British Electronics. a ground.
- : Archaic. a land or country.
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While shares of Gamestop are now coming down to earth at about $50 apiece, the former rally’s impact has been far from negligible.
In recent standoffs, the NBA has been willing to move heaven and earth to maximize its television revenue.
With only one mining firm currently producing rare earths in the US, Round Top—which the company hopes to have in operation by 2023—would play a significant role in helping diversify supplies.
Sophie Murguia, assistant editorThere are some writers you discover and subsequently decide you must follow to the ends of the earth.
Over the past several decades, China has built up and cemented its dominance in global rare earths, and at its peak the country accounted for almost 98% of the world’s raw rare earths production.
The questions going through my mind are: How on earth are there Kalashnikovs and rocket launchers in the heart of Paris?
One is forced to ask, what on earth was Andrew doing hanging out with scantily clad teenagers?
They carved a refuge out of the wilderness and then, in 200 years, built it into the most powerful nation on earth.
Once giants walked this earth, and some of them were Democrats.
Woods were shredded, the earth trembled and the ground exploded in showers of stone and red-hot metal splinters.
The most High hath created medicines out of the earth, and a wise man will not abhor them.