space

英[speɪs] 美[speɪs]
  • n. 空间;处所;太空;空地;空闲;空格;间隙
  • v. 留间隔;分隔;走神;忘记
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星级词汇:
  • spa n.矿泉;温泉浴场;水疗
    n. (名词)
    1. [U] 空间,距离 sth measurable in length, width, or depth, distance, area, or volume that can be used or filled by a physical object, room
    2. [U] 范围,处所,场所空位,空地 a quantity or bit of this for an often stated purpose, land not built on
    3. [U] 宇宙空间,太空; 天空 what is outside the Earth's air, where the stars and planets are; that which surrounds all objects and doesn't continue outwards in all directions
    4. [C] 间隔,空白处 an area or distance left between written or printed words, lines, etc.
    5. [C] 一段时间,期间 a period of time
    v. (动词)
    1. vt. 把…分隔开,留间隔于…之间 place apart ; arrange with spaces between

英英释义

Noun:
  1. the unlimited expanse in which everything is located;

    "they tested his ability to locate objects in space"
    "the boundless regions of the infinite"

  2. an empty area (usually bounded in some way between things);

    "the architect left space in front of the building"
    "they stopped at an open space in the jungle"
    "the space between his teeth"

  3. an area reserved for some particular purpose;

    "the laboratory's floor space"

  4. any location outside the Earth's atmosphere;

    "the astronauts walked in outer space without a tether"
    "the first major milestone in space exploration was in 1957, when the USSR's Sputnik 1 orbited the Earth"

  5. a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing;

    "he said the space is the most important character in the alphabet"

  6. the interval between two times;

    "the distance from birth to death"
    "it all happened in the space of 10 minutes"

  7. a blank area;

    "write your name in the space provided"

  8. one of the areas between or below or above the lines of a musical staff;

    "the spaces are the notes F-A-C-E"

  9. (printing) a block of type without a raised letter; used for spacing between words or sentences

Verb:
  1. place at intervals;

    "Space the interviews so that you have some time between the different candidates"

1. These files have been zipped up to take up less disk space.
这些文档已经进行了压缩,以节省磁盘空间。

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2. She made her first and only space flight last September.
她第一次也是唯一一次宇宙飞行是在去年9月。

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3. The space shuttle had been scheduled to blast off at 04:38.
航天飞机已经预定于凌晨4点38分发射升空。

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4. They've come a long way in a short space of time.
他们在很短的时间之内就大老远地赶了过来。

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5. Firms need a breathing space if they are to recover.
这些公司需要短暂休整才能恢复元气。

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    用作名词 (n.)
    1. There is plenty of space to move about.
      这里有很大的活动空间。
    2. I only have a small working space.
      我只有一间很小的办公室。
    3. A missile was projected into space.
      导弹被发射升空。
    4. It's easier for small car to find a parking space.
      小型汽车比较容易找到停车空地。
    5. The children were given little personal space or privacy.
      孩子们的空闲时间很少,私人空间也非常小。
    6. Write your name and address in the spaces below.
      把你的名字和地址写在下面的空格里。
    7. It was an amazing achievement in such a short space of time.
      这么短的时间内取得这样的成就,真是了不起。
    用作动词 (v.)
    1. Space your words when you write.
      写字的时候要把字均匀地隔开。
    2. I decided to space out payments over five years .
      我打算在5年内分期付款。
    3. Say that again please, I spaced for a minute.
      请再说一遍,我刚刚走了一会儿神。
    4. I completely spaced that math assignment!
      我完全忘了数学作业。
    用作名词 (n.)
    1. The philosopher speculated about time and space.
      这位哲学家在思索时间和空间问题。
    2. Tess was conscious of neither time nor space.
      苔丝既没有意识到时间,又没有意识到空间。
    3. There is massive space in that huge vessel.
      那艘大船容量很大。
    4. The tug eased into the narrow docking space.
      拖船小心地驶入狭窄的码头停泊处。
    5. The box won't wedge into such a narrow space.
      那盒子塞不进那么窄的地方。
    6. Since space is limited,I shall touch on the language laboratory only very briefly.
      由于篇幅所限,有关这个语言实验室,我只能简略地提一提。
    7. I shall devote some space to describing my own experiences.
      我将花一些篇幅描述自己的经历。
    8. In the space of ten miles the road rises 1000 feet.
      在10英里的距离中,路面上升了1000英尺。
    9. Where the book had been there was just an empty space.
      原放书的地方正好有个空位。
    10. Please save a space for me in the queue.
      请在排的队中给我留一个位子。
    11. I couldn't find a parking space.
      我未能找到空地停车。
    12. Many blank spaces are still left in the suburbs.
      郊区仍留有许多空地。
    13. They are going to build offices in the open space next to our factory.
      他们要在我们工厂旁边的空地上盖办公楼。
    14. There isn't enough space in this room for three beds.
      这个房间没有足够的空间放三张床。
    15. The earth moves through space.
      地球在太空运行。
    16. Three American astronauts climbed into a spaceship and an immense rocket shot them into space.
      三名美国宇航员进入飞船,一枚巨大的火箭把他们送入了太空。
    17. Cosmic rays travel great distances through space.
      宇宙射线在太空旅行很长距离。
    18. Physical sciences deal with the knowledge of the world and space.
      自然科学是有关世界和宇宙的知识。
    19. I don't think he saw me, he was just staring into space.
      我想他并没有看见我,他只是凝视着天空。
    20. Put as much space as possible between the lines.
      尽量拉开各行间的距离。
    21. Please leave a space between the lines for the necessary corrections.
      请在行间留出点距离,便于做必要的修改。
    22. Leave a space after that word.
      在该词之后留下间隔。
    23. She has a wide space between her teeth.
      她有个大牙缝。
    24. Leave a space between words.
      单词与单词之间要留一空格。
    25. Write your name in the blank space.
      把你的名字写在空白处。
    26. Press the “space” to start the game!
      按空格键进入游戏。
    27. Let us rest a space.
      让我们休息一会儿。
    28. Can you finish eating in the space of an hour?
      一个小时的空余时间,你能吃完吗?
    29. He has not seen his brother for the space of ten years.
      他已有十年没有见过他兄弟了。
    30. There's been a 100% increase in sales within the space of only two years.
      销售量仅在两年内就增加了100%。
    用作动词 (v.)
    用作及物动词 S+~+ n./pron.
    1. Space your words evenly when you write.
      写字的时候,字与字之间要均匀地分开。
    2. Space the chairs so that there is room for people to walk between them.
      把椅子间隔摆放,以便人们从中走过。
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    4. The letter was well spaced.
      信中的间隔距离处理得很整齐。
n. (名词)
  1. space的基本意思是“空间,距离”,引申还可表示“范围,处所,场所空位,空地”,指有限的、未被占据的地方,其前一般不用冠词。
  2. space还可作“空间,太空”解,表示“星际之间的空间、太空”,着重空间概念,只用单数形式,其前不用冠词。
  3. space还可表示“间隔,空白处”。表示两物或多物之间的“距离、间隔”,包括印刷物的字距、行距、空白、空格,在计算机术语中space指空格键。作此解时,是可数名词,其前可用冠词。
  4. space还可作“一段时间”解,往往指有空闲时间,常与冠词连用。
v. (动词)
  1. space是及物动词,意思是“留间隔,把…拉开距离”,指按一定距离排开。
n. (名词)
space, heaven, sky, universe
  • 这组词都有“天”的意思,它们之间的区别是:heaven指与earth(地)或hell(地狱)相对的“天国,天堂”,也可以指“天空”,常用复数形式heavens; sky意思是“天空”,指广阔的天空或某一地区的“上空,云端”,在文学语言中,有时也用复数形式skies; space作“空间,太空”讲,是普通用语,强调空间概念; universe的意思是“宇宙,全世界,天地万物”,强调物质概念。例如:
  • There were no clouds in the sky.天上没有云。
  • Which dares to make sun and moon shine in new skies.为有牺牲多壮志,敢教日月换新天。
  • The earth moves through space.地球在太空运行。
  • Tess was conscious of neither time nor space.苔丝既没有意识到时间又没有意识到空间。
  • Our world is but small part of the universe.我们的地球只不过是宇宙的一小部分。
  • They thought the earth was the centre of the universe.他们认为地球是宇宙的中心。
  • v. (动词)
    space, align, range
  • 这组词都可表示“把…排开”。其区别是:
  • space是及物动词,表示“把某事物按一定距离排开”; align只讲把某事物排成一行对齐,有时也可用于抽象意义; range一词着重强调排成行和有一定次序。例如:
  • The troops aligned.部队排成一行。
  • The general ranged his men along the river bank.将军令其士兵沿河岸排队。
  • room,place,space
  • 这一组名词都有空间,地方的意思。
  • room有两层含义,一为“房间”,是可数名词;二表示人或物体所占的“空间或场所”、处事的“余地”等意思,是不可数名词,可用little,much,no,plenty等词修饰。可构成make room for给......让出地方;take up room占地方;leave room for留出空间给......等短语。
  • place指人们从事各种活动的“地方,场所,位置”,是可数名词,常用的短语有take one’s place就坐,入席;in place在适当的位置。
  • space意为“空间”,是不可数名词,表示万物存在之处,太空;作“空隙、空白”解时,是可数名词。
  • space,universe,cosmos
  • 这些名词均含“宇宙,太空”之意。
  • space指大气层或太阳系之外的极高的天空,即太空之意。
  • universe指包括地球及其他天体的广大空间。
  • cosmos源于希腊语,指和谐的有秩序的宇宙,与chaos(天地开辟前的浑沌状态)相对。
  • 用作名词 (n.)
    breathing space
      起码的活动空间 space at least can be breathingThe train was so crowded that there was hardly breathing space.火车上挤得简直喘不过气来。
    for a space
      一段时间 a period of time
    from space to space
      每隔一定的距离 have area or distance at every sth
    用作动词 (v.)
    space apart (v.+adv.)
      与…相隔 place apart
      space sth ⇔ apart

      Space the desk two meters apart so that the pupils can't cheat.

      把桌子按两米的间隔摆开以防学生作弊。

      The posts are to be spaced ten feet apart.

      各柱子间要相隔10英尺远。

    space out (v.+adv.)
      留间隔,把…拉开距离 arrange with spaces between
      space sth ⇔ out

      In designing the houses,space out them from 10 to 12 yards apart.

      在设计房子时,两座房子之间要留出10至12码的间隔。

      They have to space out payments over five years.

      他们必须在五年内分期付款。

      We spaced our family out over three years.

      我们生育子女的时间是在三年之内均匀相隔。

      The pictures in the gallery were well spaced out.

      画廊中各幅画的间隔安排得很好。

    用作名词 (n.)
    动词+~ 形容词+~ 名词+~ 介词+~ ~+介词
    用作动词 (v.)
    ~+副词