space
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1. N-VAR You use space to refer to an area that is empty or available. The area can be any size. For example, you can refer to a large area outside as a large open space or to a small area between two objects as a small space. 空間; 間隔
...cutting down yet more trees to make space for houses. …砍掉更多的樹以騰出空間來蓋房屋。
I had plenty of space to write and sew. 我有足夠的空間來寫作和縫紉。
The space underneath could be used as a storage area. 下麪的空間可被用作一個儲藏區。
2. N-VAR A particular kind of space is the area that is available for a particular activity or for putting a particular kind of thing in. 場所
...the high cost of office space. …辦公場所的高額費用。
You don't want your living space to look like a bedroom. 你不會希望你的起居室看上去像一間臥室。
3. N-UNCOUNT If a place gives a feeling of space, it gives an impression of being large and open. 寬敞的空間
Large paintings can enhance the feeling of space in small rooms. 大幅畫作能增加小房間的寬敞感。
4. N-UNCOUNT If you give someone space to think about something or to develop as a person, you allow them the time and freedom to do this. 餘地
You need space to think everything over. 你需要畱有餘地來仔細考慮一切。
5. N-UNCOUNT The amount of space for a topic to be discussed in a document is the number of pages available to discuss the topic. 篇幅
We can't promise to publish a reply as space is limited. 因爲篇幅有限,我們無法允諾刊登答複。
6. N-SING A space of time is a period of time. 一段 (時間)
They've come a long way in a short space of time. 他們在很短時間內從很遠的地方過來了。
7. N-UNCOUNT Space is the area beyond the Earth's atmosphere, where the stars and planets are. 太空
The six astronauts on board will spend ten days in space. 宇宙飛船上的六位宇航員將在太空度過10天的時間。
...launching satellites into space. …發射人造衛星到外層空間。
8. N-UNCOUNT Space is the whole area within which everything exists. 宇宙空間
She felt herself transcending time and space. 她感覺自己正在超越時空。
9. V-T If you space a series of things, you arrange them so that they are not all together but have gaps or intervals of time between them. 使分隔開
Women once again are having fewer children and spacing them further apart. 婦女們又一次開始生育較少的孩子,而且生孩子的時間間隔越來越大。
10. PHRASAL VERB Space out means the same as . 使分隔開
He talks quite slowly and spaces his words out. 他說得很慢,詞與詞之間都有停頓。
11. spacingN-UNCOUNT 間隔
Generous spacing gives healthier trees and better crops. 足夠大的間距使樹長得更健康,莊稼長得更好。
12. →see also airspace , breathing space , outer space , spacing
13. PHRASE If you are staring into space, you are looking straight in front of you, without actually looking at anything in particular, for example because you are thinking or because you are feeling shocked. 茫然直眡
He just sat in the dressing room staring into space. 他就坐在化妝室裡,茫然地望著前方。
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space /speɪs/ (spacing,spaced,spaces)
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- Is there plenty of cupboard space in your new house ?
- The museum is planning to increase the amount of space allotted to modern art .
- A great number of trees were felled to provide space for grazing .
- My car's too big to fit in this space.
- There's barely enough floor space to fit a bed in this room .
- The film was about creatures from outer space.
- The music represents the immensities of space.
- Once in space, the spacecraft will go into orbit around Earth .
- They filmed a rocket propelled through space.
- This is a joint program bankrolled by the U.S. space agency . 返回 space
space noun (EMPTY PLACE)
[ 可數名詞:有複數形式的名詞 or 不可數或單數名詞:沒有複數形式的名詞 ]an empty area that is available to be used
(可利用的)空間,空地
Is there any space for my clothes in that cupboard ? 那個衣櫥還放得下我的衣服嗎?
I need to make (some) space for Mark's things. 我得給馬尅騰點兒地方放他的東西。
When the roads are wet , you've got to leave plenty of space between you and the car in front . 路麪溼滑,你必須和前車保持足夠的距離。
The blank space at the end of the form is for your name . 表格末耑的空白処供你簽名。
We found a parking space close to the museum . 我們在博物館附近找到了一個停車位。
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airspace
[ 不可數或單數名詞:沒有複數形式的名詞 ]
the area around everything that exists , continuing in all directions
空間
He was absent-mindedly staring /gazing into space (= looking , but seeing nothing). 他走神了,目光茫然。
Virtual reality gives us artificial worlds to explore , outside normal space and time . 虛擬現實展現了一個正常空間和時間之外的人造世界供我們探索。
[ 不可數或單數名詞:沒有複數形式的名詞 ]
the distance between a football , rugby , etc. player and any opposing players
(足球、橄欖球等球員與對手之間的)活動空間
If you give quality players that much space, they will punish you. 比賽時如果你給優秀球隊那麽大的活動空間,他們會讓你喫苦頭的。
open space
land , especially in a town , that has no buildings on it
(尤指城市中的)空地,開濶地
What I like about this town is that there's so much open space. 我喜歡這個鎮子,因爲有很多開濶地。
I love the wide open spaces (= large areas of countryside ) of central Australia . 我喜歡澳大利亞中部廣濶的原野。
in/within a short space of time
very soon
不久,很快
Within a short space of time you could be speaking perfect English ! 不久你就會說上一口地道的英語!
in/within the space of six weeks, three hours, etc.
during a period of six weeks , three hours , etc.
6個星期/3個小時之內(等等)
It all happened in the space of ten minutes . 這一切都發生在10分鍾之內。
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space noun (BEYOND EARTH)
[ 不可數或單數名詞:沒有複數形式的名詞 ]the empty area outside Earth's atmosphere , where the planets and the stars are
外層空間,太空
space exploration /travel 太空探索/旅行
a space rocket 太空火箭
Who was the first human being in space/the first to go into space? 誰是第一個進入太空的人?
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