the earth

The earth takes a year to make a circuit of the sun.

地球绕太阳运行一周需要一年的时间。

The horses' hooves bit deep into the soft earth.

马蹄深深地陷进了松软的土里。

Geologists have studied the way that heat flows from the earth.

地质学家曾研究过热量如何散出地球。

The sun is constantly evaporating the earth's moisture.

太阳使地球上的湿气不断蒸发。

The orbit of this comet intersects the orbit of the Earth.

这颗彗星的轨道与地球的轨道交叉。

The material can absorb outward-going radiation from the Earth.

该物质可以吸收地球向外辐射的能量。

Keep looking ─ they can't just have vanished off the face of the earth.

继续找——他们不可能就此从地球上彻底消逝的。

Drug dealers are the scum of the earth (= the worst people there are) .

毒品贩子是社会渣滓。

The station would burn up on re-entry into the earth's atmosphere.

空间站在重返地球大气层时会被烧毁。

the curvature of the earth

地球的曲度

The satellite remains in one spot relative to the earth's surface.

相对地球表面而言，这颗卫星位置固定。

The moon exerts a force on the earth.

月球对地球有引力。

The earth revolves around the sun.

地球绕太阳公转。

The equator is an imaginary line around the middle of the earth.

赤道是一条假想的环绕地球腰部的线。

"Holidays That Don't Cost the Earth" is a lively, informative read.

《绿色环保的假期》是本生动有趣、增长见闻的读物。

the earth's spin

地球的自转

The ozone layer shields the earth from the sun's ultraviolet rays.

臭氧层保护地球不受太阳紫外线的辐射。

The earth takes a year to orbit the sun.

地球绕太阳一周要一年的时间。

the circumference of the earth

地球的周长

We were not altogether sure that the comet would miss the Earth.

我们不能完全肯定彗星不会与地球相撞。

The earth shook and the walls of neighbouring houses fell around them.

地面摇晃，周围房屋的墙体在他们身边倒塌。

Some pulsars keep time better than the earth's most accurate clocks.

某些脉冲星发送脉冲比地球上最精确的时钟都准时。

The satellite revolves around the Earth once every hundred minutes.

这颗人造卫星每100分钟围绕地球旋转一周。

There is an asteroid on a collision course with the Earth.

有一颗小行星可能会与地球发生碰撞。

Most of the people there are salt-of-the-earth, good, working-class people.

那里的大多数人都是吃苦耐劳、心地善良的工人阶级。

The earth is to be honoured; it is not to be desecrated.

大地应该受到敬仰，而不该被亵渎。

When a large object impacts the Earth, it makes a crater.

当巨大物体撞击地球时，就会产生凹坑。

A new satellite has been put into orbit around the earth.

一颗新的人造卫星被送上了环绕地球的轨道。

The new planet is about ten times the size of the earth.

新发现的行星大约是地球的10倍那么大。

The earth revolves on its axis.

地球环绕自身的轴心转动。