o đất; trái đất
§ absorbent earth : đất hút thu
§ alkaline earth : đất kiềm
§ alum earth : đất phèn
§ argillaceous earth : đất chứa sét
§ bitter earth : magie
§ black earth : đất đen
§ bleaching earth : đất tẩy màu
§ calcareous earth : đất (chứa) vôi
§ diatomaceous earth : đất tảo silic, đất điatome
§ dug earth : đất thải
§ fill earth : đất chèn
§ fuller’s earth : đất tẩy màu
§ heavy earth : baritin, đất nặng
§ infusorial earth : đất trùng bùn, đất infusoria
§ mine earth : khoáng sàng sắt
§ porcelain earth : đất sứ
§ rare earth : đất hiếm
§ siliceous earth : đất silic
§ soar earth : steatit
§ yellow earth : đất vàng, ocrơ vàng
§ earth current : dòng điện đất
Dòng điện tự nhiên hoặc một chiều hoặc xoay chiều, có tần số thấp và chạy trong đất
§ earth oil : dầu thô
§ earth pressure : áp suất trong lòng đất, địa áp
áp suất dưới đất do trọng lượng của các lớp đất đá nằm trên gây nên áp suất này tăng khoảng 100 psi mỗi nằm xuống sâu 100 ft
§ earth trap : bẫy dưới đất
Bẫy dầu mỏ ở dưới đất
§ earth wax : sáp đất
Parafin rắn lấy từ dầu thô; Ozekerit
Word families (Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs): earth, unearth, earthy, earthly, unearthly
Xem thêm: Earth, world, globe, ground, land, dry land, ground, solid ground, terra firma, Earth, worldly concern, earthly concern, world, ground
earth noun
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
n.
the Earth moves around the sun
he sailed around the world
they dug into the earth outside the church
the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land
the earth shook for several minutes
he dropped the logs on the ground
it was hell on earth
they consider the church to be independent of the world
v.
earth the circuit
