English → Chinese
earth
/BrE əːθ 
, AmE ərθ /
A noun
1 [uncountable and countable] (mainly Astronomy) (also Earth) (planet) 地球;
the earth's crust/surface/core 地壳／地表／地核;
to the ends of the earth 到天涯海角;
how/what/why on earth …? informal 究竟如何／是什么／为什么…？;
to cost the earth British informal 极其昂贵;
▶face A7 2 [uncountable] (human world) 人世;
heaven/hell on earth 人间天堂／地狱;
to feel/taste etc. like nothing on earth informal 感觉／吃起来等糟透了
3 [uncountable] (ground) 陆地;
to come back or down to earth informal 回到现实
4 [uncountable] (soil) 泥土
5 [countable and uncountable] (lair, esp of fox) 兽穴;
to go to earth figurative 躲藏起来;
to run sb/sth to earth figurative 终于追寻到某人／某物
B transitive verb
British 使…接地 ‹appliance, plug›
Phrasal verb
● earth up:
transitive verb
[earth up sth, earth sth up] 用土掩盖;
to earth up the roots 给根部壅土