world

名词 n. 动词 v.
/wɜːld/    /wɜɹld/|[wɝɘɫd]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The subjective human experience, regarded collectively; human collective existence; existence in general; the reality we live in.
    — In retrospect, the process of economic globalization has meant the end of the world as we knew it.
  2. The subjective human experience, regarded individually.
    — The period immediately following my divorce seemed like the end of my world.
  3. A majority of people. metonymically,with-definite-article
    — Running after God is the only life worth living. Even though the world believes that living for God is boring, we believe that there is nothing more exciting.
  4. The Universe.
  5. The Earth, especially in a geopolitical or cultural context, or as the physical planet. with-definite-article
    — People are dying of starvation all over the world.
  6. Any of several possible scenarios concerning The Earth, either as the physical planet, or in a geopolitical, cultural or societal context.
    — Who would want to live in a world like this?
  7. (Several) alternative scenarios concerning The Earth, either as the physical planet, or in a geopolitical, cultural or societal context. countable
    — the best of all possible worlds. In the French original: le meilleur des mondes possibles. In German: die beste aller möglichen Welten.
  8. A planet, especially one which is inhabited or inhabitable. countable
    — Our mission is to travel the galaxy and find new worlds.
  9. A planet, especially one which is inhabited or inhabitable.; Any other astronomical body which may be inhabitable, such as a natural satellite. broadly,countable
  10. A very large extent of country.
    — the New World
  11. In various mythologies, cosmologies, etc., one of a number of separate realms or regions having different characteristics and occupied by different types of inhabitants.
    — Frey [...] clambered up on to the Hildskjalf, the throne from which Odin could see everything that happened across the nine worlds.
  12. A fictional realm, such as a planet, containing one or multiple societies of beings, especially intelligent ones.
    — the world of Narnia
  13. An individual or group perspective or social setting.
    — In the world of boxing, good diet is all-important.
  14. The part of an operating system distributed with the kernel, consisting of the shell and other programs.
  15. A subdivision of a game, consisting of a series of stages or levels that usually share a similar environment or theme.
    — Have you reached the boss at the end of the ice world?
  16. The twenty-second trump or major arcana card of the tarot.
  17. A great amount, a lot. informal
    — Taking a break from work seems to have done her a world of good.
  18. Age, era. archaic
    — Thy kingdom is a kingdom of al worldes: and thy domnion in al generation and generation.
动词 v.
  1. To consider or cause to be considered from a global perspective; to consider as a global whole, rather than making or focusing on national or other distinctions; compare globalize. transitive
    — There are by now many feminisms (Tong, 1989; Humm, 1992). [...] They are in shifting alliance or contest with postmodern critiques, which at times seem to threaten the very category 'women' and its possibilities for a feminist politics. These debates inform this attempt at worlding women—moving beyond white western power centres and their dominant knowledges (compare Spivak, 1985), while recognising that I, as a white settler-state woman, need to attend to differences between women, too.
  2. To make real; to make worldly. transitive

词形变化

worlds plural vurld alternative worlds present,singular,third-person worlding participle,present worlded participle,past worlded past vurld alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
after-world afterworld against the world a lie can run around the world before the truth can get its boots on all over the world all the world all the world and his wife all the world and Little Billing an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind antiworld aquaworld around the world artworld art world a world of beforehand in the world beforehand with the world best of both worlds Bidenworld book world braneworld brave new world build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door carry the world before one citizen of the world Clintonworld clown world come into the world coming into the world conworld counterworld court of world opinion cumber-world cumberworld cyberworld dark world dead to the world dreamworld dream-world dream world edge of the world elseworld end of the world ends of the world e-world eWorld external world fantasy world first-world problem first world problem follow someone to the ends of the world for all the world for all the world to see for the world for worlds futureworld gameworld globe of the world go to the ends of the world half-world have the world by the bag have the world by the balls have the world by the neck have the world by the nuts have the world by the tail have the world by the tail on a downhill pull have the world by the testicles have the world on a string hello world hub world hyperworld in another world in a world of hurt in a world of one's own in a world of pain in a world of trouble in one's own little world in one's own world interworld in the world in what world inworld in-world it's a man's world it's a small world it takes all kinds to make a world it takes all sorts to make a world Jerry World just-world fallacy just-world hypothesis leader of the free world lost to the world lost world macroworld MAGA world make a noise in the world make the world go around make the world go round make this world go around make this world go round man of the world many-worlds interpretation McWorld mean the whole world to mean the world to mean world syndrome merworld microworld money makes the world go around mother world move up in the world multi-world multiworld naked as the day one entered the world nanoworld nether world netherworld new world order next world nonworld not for the world not have a care in the world not long for the world not long for this world not the end of the world Obamaworld object world ocean world off-world offworld of the world oldest profession in the world old-world on top of the world open world Otherworld other world out of this world outside world outworld overworld parallel world phenomenal world playworld possible world primary world promise the world Proto-World put the world to rights real world real-world renounce the world reworld ringworld RNA world rock someone's world Rooftop of the World Russian world secondary world the world set the world ablaze set the world afire set the world aflame set the world alight set the world on fire set the world to rights shot heard round the world shot heard 'round the world simworld singleworld small world small-world network small-world phenomenon soundworld spiritual world spirit world storyworld subworld sure as the world the hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world the whole world the whole world and his dog the world and his wife the world is one's lobster the world is one's oyster the world is someone's oyster the world is too much with someone the world over the world owes one a living think the world of think the world revolves around one third-world third world thought-world throneworld too good for this world transworld Trumpworld turd world turn one's world upside down umbworld underworld watch the world burn watch the world go by water world waterworld way of the world weight of the world welcome to my world western world what a small world what color is the sun in your world what in the world whole wide world why in the world window on the world with the best will in the world Wizarding World woman of the world wonder of the world wonderworld workers of the world, unite world ash world-ash worldbeat world beat world-beater world-beating worldbound worldbreaking worldbuilder world-building world building worldbuilding world capital world car world champion world-class world clock World Communion Sunday world cup world egg world-ending world ending world-endingly world English worlder world-famous worldful world fusion World Health Organisation world-historical world-historically world history worldhood worldhouse worldie worldish world island worldizing worldkin world language world leader worldless worldlet worldlike world line worldling world literature worldly worldmaker worldmaking world map worldmate world model world music worldness World Ocean world of difference World of Warcrack world-old world order world peace world phone world picture world policeman world power worldproof world-read world record world religion world-renowned world riddle worlds away world's end Worlds End World Series world-shaking worldsheet world song world soul world-soul world state world-system world to come world trade center World Trade Organisation world tree world-view world view worldview worldvolume world war world-war worldward worldwards World War I World War II world-wearied world-weariness world-weary world weary world-wide worldwide World Wide Web worldwisdom worldwise world-wise world without end worldy Wormworld worst of both worlds zombie world

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-?
Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós
Proto-Germanic *weraz
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂életi
Proto-Germanic *alaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Germanic *-þiz
Proto-Germanic *aldiz
Proto-Germanic *weraldiz
Proto-West Germanic *weraldi
Old English weorold
Middle English world
English world
From Middle English world, from Old English weorold (“world”), from Proto-West Germanic *weraldi, from Proto-Germanic *weraldiz (“lifetime, human existence, world”, literally “age/era of man”), equivalent to wer (“man”) + eld (“age”). Eclipsed non-native Middle English mounde (“world”), from Old French monde, munde (“world”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots warld (“world”), North Frisian Wārel, wäält, wråål (“world”), Saterland Frisian Waareld (“world”), West Frisian wrâld (“world”), Afrikaans wêreld (“world”), Bavarian Wöd (“world”), Dutch wereld (“world”), German, Luxembourgish Welt (“world”), German Low German Wereld, Werld (“world”), Vilamovian wełt (“world”), Yiddish וועלט (velt, “world”), Danish verden (“world”), Elfdalian wärd (“world”), Faroese verð, verøld (“world”), Icelandic veröld (“world”), Norn vrildan (“the earth”), Norwegian Bokmål verd, verden (“(the) world”), Norwegian Nynorsk verd (“world”), Swedish värld (“world”).
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-?
Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós
Proto-Germanic *weraz
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂életi
Proto-Germanic *alaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Germanic *-þiz
Proto-Germanic *aldiz
Proto-Germanic *weraldiz
Proto-West Germanic *weraldi
Old English weorold
Middle English world
English world
From Middle English world, from Old English weorold (“world”), from Proto-West Germanic *weraldi, from Proto-Germanic *weraldiz (“lifetime, human existence, world”, literally “age/era of man”), equivalent to wer (“man”) + eld (“age”). Eclipsed non-native Middle English mounde (“world”), from Old French monde, munde (“world”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots warld (“world”), North Frisian Wārel, wäält, wråål (“world”), Saterland Frisian Waareld (“world”), West Frisian wrâld (“world”), Afrikaans wêreld (“world”), Bavarian Wöd (“world”), Dutch wereld (“world”), German, Luxembourgish Welt (“world”), German Low German Wereld, Werld (“world”), Vilamovian wełt (“world”), Yiddish וועלט (velt, “world”), Danish verden (“world”), Elfdalian wärd (“world”), Faroese verð, verøld (“world”), Icelandic veröld (“world”), Norn vrildan (“the earth”), Norwegian Bokmål verd, verden (“(the) world”), Norwegian Nynorsk verd (“world”), Swedish värld (“world”).
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