及物动词

名词

1. 地；地面
The ground is the surface of the earth.

2. （相对于空中的）地面
If you say that something takes place on the ground, you mean it takes place on the surface of the earth and not in the air.

3. 土；土地；土壤
The ground is the soil and rock on the earth's surface.

4. （尤指建筑物极少或具有某种特性的）土地
You can refer to land as ground, especially when it has very few buildings or when it is considered to be special in some way.

5. （有特定用途的）场地
You can use ground to refer to an area of land, sea, or air which is used for a particular activity.

6. 运动场，…场（美国英语中亦作grounds）
A ground is an area of land which is specially designed and made for playing sport or for some other activity. In American English grounds is also used.

7. （大型或重要建筑周围的）场地，庭院，花园
The grounds of a large or important building are the garden or area of land which surrounds it.

8. （适于方法、思想等发展的）地方
You can use ground to refer to a place or situation in which particular methods or ideas can develop and be successful.

9. 范围；领域；基础
You can use ground in expressions such as on shaky ground and the same ground to refer to a particular subject, area of experience, or basis for an argument.

10. 优势；有利条件
Ground is used in expressions such as gain ground ,lose ground, and give ground in order to indicate that someone gets or loses an advantage.

11. 理由；根据
If something is grounds for a feeling or action, it is a reason for it. If you do something on the grounds of a particular thing, that thing is the reason for your action.

12. 以…为根据；建立在…基础上
If an argument, belief, or opinion is grounded in something, that thing is used to justify it.

13. 使不能起飞；使停飞
If an aircraft or its passengers are grounded, they are made to stay on the ground and are not allowed to take off.

14. 罚（儿童）不能出门；禁足
When parents ground a child, they forbid them to go out and enjoy themselves for a period of time, as a punishment.

15. （使）搁浅
If a ship or boat is grounded or if it grounds, it touches the bottom of the sea, lake, or river it is on, and is unable to move off.

16. 接地装置；地线
The ground in an electric plug or piece of electrical equipment is the wire through which electricity passes into the ground and which makes the equipment safe.

1. the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface

Synonym: flat coatprimerprimingprimer coatpriming coatundercoat

2. (art) the surface (as a wall or canvas) prepared to take the paint for a painting

3. a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage)

Synonym: earth

4. a relatively homogeneous percept extending back of the figure on which attention is focused

5. the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground

e.g. he posed her against a background of rolling hills

Synonym: background

6. a position to be won or defended in battle (or as if in battle)

e.g. they gained ground step by step
they fought to regain the lost ground

7. a rational motive for a belief or action

e.g. the reason that war was declared
the grounds for their declaration

Synonym: reason

8. the solid part of the earth's surface

e.g. the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land
the earth shook for several minutes
he dropped the logs on the ground

Synonym: landdry landearthsolid groundterra firma

9. material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)

e.g. the land had never been plowed
good agricultural soil

Synonym: landsoil

10. a relation that provides the foundation for something

e.g. they were on a friendly footing
he worked on an interim basis

Synonym: footingbasis

11. the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface

e.g. they dug into the earth outside the church

Synonym: earth