globe

名词 n. 动词 v.
/ɡləʊb/    /ɡloʊb/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any spherical (or nearly spherical) object.; The eyeball.
  2. Any spherical (or nearly spherical) object.; A part of a device, often a lamp.
    — the globe of a lamp
  3. The planet Earth.
    — Already Cæſar Has ravaged more than half the Globe, and ſees Mankind grown thin by his deſtructive Sword: Should he go further, Numbers would be wanting To form new Battels, and ſupport his Crimes.
  4. A spherical model of Earth or other planet.
  5. A light bulb. Australia,South-Africa,dated
    — Don't ask for a new globe just because the old one needs dusting. The old-style carbon lamps wasted electricity when they began to fade and it was economy to replace them.
  6. A circular military formation used in Ancient Rome, corresponding to the modern infantry square.
    — Him round / A globe of fiery seraphim enclosed.
  7. A woman's breast or buttock, whichever is more prominent. in-plural,slang
    — Meanwhile, Jennifer Lopez went with her favorite silhouette: a robe-like dress, barely fastened solely in the areas you actually can’t reveal on the red carpet (remember that famous Versace number at the Grammys?). This year, she wore a silver and cream Zuhair Murad that showed off all of her best assets, which even caused Jeremy Renner to blurt out a comment about her “globes” on stage.
  8. A group. obsolete
  9. A land snail of the genus Mesodon.
动词 v.
  1. To become spherical. intransitive
  2. To make spherical. transitive

词形变化

globes plural globes present,singular,third-person globing participle,present globed participle,past globed past

词源

词源 1
From late Middle English globe, from Middle French globe, from Old French globe, borrowed from Latin globus. Doublet of globus.
词源 2
From late Middle English globe, from Middle French globe, from Old French globe, borrowed from Latin globus. Doublet of globus.
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