globe的意思|globe的解释-里氏词典

globe [gləub]

n. 球, 球状物, 地球仪, 天体

vt. (使)成球状

vi. (使)成球状

[机] 球, 球体, 球状物

The sun looked like an orange globe.
太阳看上去象只橘黄色的球体。
A terrestrial globe is one that represents the earth.
地球仪是表现地球的器具。
Fashion trends diffuse themselves rapidly around the globe.
时装新潮很快就在全世界流行起来。

globe

[ noun ]

the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on

<noun.object>

the Earth moves around the sun

he sailed around the world

an object with a spherical shape

<noun.shape>

a ball of fire

a sphere on which a map (especially of the earth) is represented

<noun.artifact>

Globe \Globe\ (gl[=o]b), n. [L. globus, perh. akin to L. glomus
a ball of yarn, and E. clump, golf: cf. F. globe.]
1. A round or spherical body, solid or hollow; a body whose
surface is in every part equidistant from the center; a
ball; a sphere.

2. Anything which is nearly spherical or globular in shape;
as, the globe of the eye; the globe of a lamp.

3. The earth; the terraqueous ball; -- usually preceded by
the definite article. --Locke.

4. A round model of the world; a spherical representation of
the earth or heavens; as, a terrestrial or celestial
globe; -- called also {artificial globe}.

5. A body of troops, or of men or animals, drawn up in a
circle; -- a military formation used by the Romans,
answering to the modern infantry square.

Him round
A globe of fiery seraphim inclosed. --Milton.

{Globe amaranth} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Gomphrena}
({G. globosa}), bearing round heads of variously colored
flowers, which long retain color when gathered.

{Globe animalcule}, a small, globular, locomotive organism
({Volvox globator}), once throught to be an animal,
afterward supposed to be a colony of microscopic alg[ae].

{Globe of compression} (Mil.), a kind of mine producing a
wide crater; -- called also {overcharged mine}.

{Globe daisy} (Bot.), a plant or flower of the genus
{Globularing}, common in Europe. The flowers are minute
and form globular heads.

{Globe sight}, a form of front sight placed on target rifles.

{Globe slater} (Zo["o]l.), an isopod crustacean of the genus
{Spheroma}.

{Globe thistle} (Bot.), a thistlelike plant with the flowers
in large globular heads ({Cynara Scolymus}); also, certain
species of the related genus {Echinops}.

{Globe valve}.
(a) A ball valve.
(b) A valve inclosed in a globular chamber. --Knight.

Syn: {Globe}, {Sphere}, {Orb}, {Ball}.

Usage: Globe denotes a round, and usually a solid body;
sphere is the term applied in astronomy to such a
body, or to the concentric spheres or orbs of the old
astronomers; orb is used, especially in poetry, for
globe or sphere, and also for the pathway of a
heavenly body; ball is applied to the heavenly bodies
concieved of as impelled through space.

Globe \Globe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Globed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Globing}.]
To gather or form into a globe.

Mound \Mound\ (mound), n. [F. monde the world, L. mundus. See
{Mundane}.]
A ball or globe forming part of the regalia of an emperor or
other sovereign. It is encircled with bands, enriched with
precious stones, and surmounted with a cross; -- called also
{globe}.

Cowper holds three records in The Guinness Book of Records 1990 for previous circumnavigations of the globe.
Two films this week, Ron Howard's Far And Away and Jim Jarmusch's Night On Earth, skim their plots or characters around the globe as if the friction of reality had never existed. In most other respects the two films are perfect opposites.
American Dance Festival Dance companies from around the country and the globe will perform at this seven-week conclave, which celebrates its 14th summer at the Duke University campus.
The Concorde, making the first all-supersonic flight around the world, was trying to set more than one dozen speed records as it circles the globe and had been scheduled to land in Sydney, organizers said.
Young lads from Nantucket and New Bedford shipped out on whalers across the globe, came home after years and signed on again as mates.
Instead, it scours the globe, licensing drugs and bringing them to the U.S. market.
The globe had 3.7 billion inhabitants as recently as 1970.
They extend into the '50s and across the globe.
There are too many people on the face of our globe to continue abusing it as we have.
But the Chicago Merc's first successful introduction of financial instrument contracts such as Treasury bill futures in 1972 revolutionized the industry and attracted investors from around the globe.
If the globe warms up a few degrees, so much the better: we'll all get a suntan.
The greenhouse effect is the result of gases emitted by modern civilization reducing the heat normally radiated by the globe into space, just as the glass in a greenhouse raises the temperature inside.
So at age 80, Kurosawa has leaped into his next project instead of spending his usual 5-year interlude combing the globe for financing.
The Navy says it will continue to use chemicals that deplete the earth's ozone layer, despite America's role as a leader in the effort to protect the globe's atmosphere.
Anti-terrorist agents around the globe were enraged.
While Freedom House has found advances in political rights and civil liberties around the world in recent years, the millions of refugees remind us that significant parts of the globe continue to be marred by strife, privation and bigotry.
The flight from the dollar takes the form of a flight to financial assets, as stock prices explode around the globe, while the world's premier currency grows shakier in the hands of those who would use it as a weapon in an incipient trade war.
Pan Am was the first airline to fly to Latin America, the first to circle the globe.
The "toll of HIV infection around the globe is worsening rapidly, especially in developing countries," Dr. Michael Merson, head of WHO's anti-AIDS program, was quoted as saying in a statement issued by the agency.
That's because the French government in 1963 divided up the globe between Air France and UTA, giving UTA rights to African, Australian and Pacific routes.
Ron and Maggie certainly have had an influence on the world, but this globe is far too complex a place to believe two Westerners alone can change the face of it.
The familiar Ford gum machine with its glass globe was invented in 1917 by Mason's father, the Rev. Wallace Mason.
The Navstar satellite will tell U.S. and allied military units their location within 50 feet _ on land, at sea, or in the air _ anywhere on the globe.
Sporting the airline's blue logo, employees often volunteered to fly rescue and relief missions around the globe.
Schroder shares climbed 24 to 1193p. Other merchant banks, however, fell back as dealers continued to worry about potential market losses during the recent upheavals in bond markets across the globe.
The show would air entirely live, criss-crossing the globe from event to event, with correspondents who would go through passports like tissues.
"At least what I do," Seka concluded, "is on the screen." EDITOR'S NOTE _ Janwillem van de Wetering wrote his first book at age 40 after years of hopping around the globe and pursuing an interest in Zen Buddhism.
He has been the subject of tributes, articles, books and films around the globe that have made him the world's best-known prisoner.
There's momentum and confidence and respect by both parties." The measure provides about $11.5 billion each in fiscal 1990 and 1991 for military, economic and development aid to dozens of friendly nations around the globe.
Scientists from around the globe gather in South Carolina on Monday to review a 10-year study of acid rain that may be the most comprehensive ever on the issue.

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