名词地球; 泥土; 陆地; 兽穴

及物动词把（电线）接地; 盖（土）; 追赶入洞穴

不及物动词躲进地洞

名词soilworldgroundlanddirtglobesod

名词heaven

1. on earth : 究竟；

2. come back to earth : 回到现实；

及物动词

1. He earthed up the rose.
他给玫瑰培土。

名词

1. The farmer examined a handful of earth.
那个农夫察看了一把泥土。

2. That's a paradise on earth.
那是人间天堂。

3. How far is the Earth from the sun?
地球离太阳多远？

1. earth：ear; 球

1. 地球（指宇宙组成部分时用Earth，指人类居住的星球时用the Earth）
Earth or the Earth is the planet on which we live. People usually say Earth when they are referring to the planet as part of the universe, and the Earth when they are talking about the planet as the place where we live.

e.g. The space shuttle Atlantis returned safely to earth today. “
亚特兰蒂斯”号航天飞机今天安全返回地球。
e.g. ...a fault in the Earth's crust.
地壳断层

2. 陆地;地面
The earth is the land surface on which we live and move about.

e.g. 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。

3. 泥土;土壤;土地
Earth is the substance on the land surface of the earth, for example clay or sand, in which plants grow.

e.g. The road winds for miles through parched earth, scrub and cactus...
公路蜿蜒数英里，穿过炙烤的大地、灌木丛和仙人掌。
e.g. They will revert to tilling the earth in an old-fashioned way.
他们将回归到用老方法耕地。

4. （狐等的）洞穴
An earth is a hole in the ground in which an animal such as a fox lives.

5. （接）地线
The earth in an electric plug or piece of electrical equipment is the wire through which electricity can pass into the ground, which makes the equipment safe if something goes wrong with it.

e.g. The earth wire was not connected.
地线没有接上。