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. 空间; 间隔
...cutting down yet more trees to make space for houses. …砍掉更多的树以腾出空间来盖房屋。
I had plenty of space to write and sew. 我有足够的空间来写作和缝纫。
The space underneath could be used as a storage area. 下面的空间可被用作一个储藏区。
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. 场所
...the high cost of office space. …办公场所的高额费用。
You don't want your living space to look like a bedroom. 你不会希望你的起居室看上去像一间卧室。
3. N-UNCOUNT If a place gives a feeling of space, it gives an impression of being large and open. 宽敞的空间
Large paintings can enhance the feeling of space in small rooms. 大幅画作能增加小房间的宽敞感。
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. 余地
You need space to think everything over. 你需要留有余地来仔细考虑一切。
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. 因为篇幅有限,我们无法允诺刊登答复。
6. N-SING A space of time is a period of time. 一段 (时间)
They've come a long way in a short space of time. 他们在很短时间内从很远的地方过来了。
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. 宇宙飞船上的六位宇航员将在太空度过10天的时间。
...launching satellites into space. …发射人造卫星到外层空间。
8. N-UNCOUNT Space is the whole area within which everything exists. 宇宙空间
She felt herself transcending time and space. 她感觉自己正在超越时空。
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. 使分隔开
Women once again are having fewer children and spacing them further apart. 妇女们又一次开始生育较少的孩子,而且生孩子的时间间隔越来越大。
10. PHRASAL VERB Space out means the same as . 使分隔开
He talks quite slowly and spaces his words out. 他说得很慢,词与词之间都有停顿。
11. spacingN-UNCOUNT 间隔
Generous spacing gives healthier trees and better crops. 足够大的间距使树长得更健康,庄稼长得更好。
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. 茫然直视
He just sat in the dressing room staring into space. 他就坐在化妆室里,茫然地望着前方。
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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)
[ 可数名词:有复数形式的名词 or 不可数或单数名词:没有复数形式的名词 ]an empty area that is available to be used
(可利用的)空间,空地
Is there any space for my clothes in that cupboard ? 那个衣橱还放得下我的衣服吗?
I need to make (some) space for Mark's things. 我得给马克腾点儿地方放他的东西。
When the roads are wet , you've got to leave plenty of space between you and the car in front . 路面湿滑,你必须和前车保持足够的距离。
The blank space at the end of the form is for your name . 表格末端的空白处供你签名。
We found a parking space close to the museum . 我们在博物馆附近找到了一个停车位。
也见 airspace
[ 不可数或单数名词:没有复数形式的名词 ]
the area around everything that exists , continuing in all directions
空间
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 . 虚拟现实展现了一个正常空间和时间之外的人造世界供我们探索。
[ 不可数或单数名词:没有复数形式的名词 ]
the distance between a football , rugby , etc. player and any opposing players
(足球、橄榄球等球员与对手之间的)活动空间
If you give quality players that much space, they will punish you. 比赛时如果你给优秀球队那么大的活动空间,他们会让你吃苦头的。
open space
land , especially in a town , that has no buildings on it
(尤指城市中的)空地,开阔地
What I like about this town is that there's so much open space. 我喜欢这个镇子,因为有很多开阔地。
I love the wide open spaces (= large areas of countryside ) of central Australia . 我喜欢澳大利亚中部广阔的原野。
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 ! 不久你就会说上一口地道的英语!
in/within the space of six weeks, three hours, etc.
during a period of six weeks , three hours , etc.
6个星期/3个小时之内(等等)
It all happened in the space of ten minutes . 这一切都发生在10分钟之内。
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space noun (BEYOND EARTH)
[ 不可数或单数名词:没有复数形式的名词 ]the empty area outside Earth's atmosphere , where the planets and the stars are
外层空间,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? 谁是第一个进入太空的人?
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