Apedia

Universe Space Noun Including N Count 可数名词 Stars Planets

word universe
content t66Pk8i74cE7fib4MrIjF1A6A0/UGtEjbrUAwchoxgy7tE9Mkx5xyjY6UTkaCC9XhQw1DordSbvx9DBGBI5bIcya5oG5hY/wCkqQWpxct+h+cAVjNjL6CRR6Hr+B9An8wHK5UrfFjEd7tlJqqAVSrDntqSXRjX8MeOVOW2r6RgLysbLVq2jr2AwxQ+bfs9TCsjskEo+XyLY0zCCcPdHg+w==
Collins
universe ★★★☆☆
/ju͟ːnɪvɜː(r)s/
1
[N-COUNT 可数名词]宇宙 The universe is the whole of space and all the stars, planets, and other forms of matter and energy in it.
  [usu the N in sing]
  • Einstein's equations showed the Universe to be expanding...

    爱因斯坦的方程式表明宇宙正在膨胀。

  • Early astronomers thought that our planet was the centre of the universe.

    早期的天文学家认为我们的星球是宇宙的中心。

2
[N-COUNT 可数名词]经验领域 If you talk about someone's universe, you are referring to the whole of their experience or an important part of it.
  [usu sing]
  • Good writers suck in what they see of the world, recreating their own universe on the page...

    优秀的作家从他们眼中的世界汲取体验,然后在纸上重塑自己的天地。

  • They marked out the boundaries of our visual universe...

    他们标出了我们视觉经验领域的界限。

  • Behind his eyes was a whole universe of pain.

    他眼神中隐藏着无尽的痛楚。

3
[PHRASE 短语]全天下,宇宙万物中(最) If you say that something is, for example, the best or biggest thing of its kind in the universe, you are emphasizing that you think it is bigger or better than anything else of its kind.
  [PHR after superl]
  [emphasis]
  [INFORMAL 非正式]
  • According to my friends I am the coolest, thinnest, cleverest, funniest journalist in the universe.

    我的朋友说我是全天下最酷、最瘦、最聪明、最幽默的记者。


Oxford uni·verse / ˈjuːnɪvɜːs ; NAmE ˈjuːnɪvɜːrs / noun 1 the universe [singular ] the whole of space and everything in it, including the earth, the planets and the stars 宇宙;天地万物;万象 theories of how the universe began 关于宇宙形成的各种理论 2 [countable ] a system of stars, planets, etc. in space outside our own (已知宇宙以外的)宇宙 The idea of a parallel universe is hard to grasp. 认为另有一个平行宇宙的概念是很难理解的。 He lives in a little universe of his own. 他生活在自己的小天地里。 3 [singular ] a set of experiences of a particular type (某种)经验体系 the moral universe 道德体系 universe universes uni·verse / ˈjuːnɪvɜːs ; NAmE ˈjuːnɪvɜːrs /
LDC
universeu‧ni‧verse /ˈjuːnəvɜːs $ -ɜːrs/ ●●○ W3 noun
Word Origin
Examples
Collocations
Phrases
1the universe all space, including all the stars and planetsin the universe everything in the universe2[countable] a world or an area of space that is different from the one we are ina parallel/an alternative universe3be the centre of somebody’s universe to be the most important person or thing to someone4 somebody’s universe a person’s life, including all of the people, places, and ideas which affect them
WDF

universe

[ˈju:nɪvɜ:s]

CET4CET6考研TOEFL
n2132
17879
1684
3578
6191
1558
4868
NOUN2632
487999

Spoken:

119340856
universes[1398]
宇宙(86%),世界(11%),万物(3%)
n.宇宙;世界;领域

Learn with these flashcards. Click next, previous, or up to navigate to more flashcards for this subject.

Next card: Incident tell me about the

Previous card: Tom tell me about

Up to card list: 2023恋练有词考研英语真题词汇6500分层串记牌组