- the globe[singular]
the world (used especially to emphasize its size) 地球，世界（尤用以強調其大） tourists from every corner of the globe 來自世界各地的遊客
Extra ExamplesTopics People in societyb2Athletes from every corner of the globe competed in the Games. 來自世界各地的運動員在運動會上角逐。 Chess fans around the globe watched the match with breathless interest. 全世界的國際象棋迷都屏息靜氣觀看這場對局。 Motor vehicles are found all over the globe. 機動車遍及世界各地。 She travelled the globe in search of good writers of children's stories. 她到世界各地去尋找優秀的兒童故事作家。 The boats are capable of circling the globe in 65 days. 這些船只可在 65 天内繞地球航行一周。 The news soon spread across the globe. 消息很快傳遍了全球。 a commercial service that will soon span the globe 一項很快就會擴展到全球的商業服務 one of the first boats to circumnavigate the globe 最早進行環球航行的船只之一
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- entire
- span
- circle
- circumnavigate
- …
- across the globe
- all over the globe
- around the globe
- …
- all parts of the globe
- every corner of the globe
- [countable]
an object like a ball in shape with a map of the world on its surface, usually on a stand so that it can be turned 地球儀 A dusty old globe stood in the corner of the schoolroom. 教室的角落裏放着一個積滿灰塵的舊地球儀。 Find Laos on the globe. 在地球儀上找出老撾。 On his desk was a globe and several maps. 他的桌子上有一個地球儀和幾張地圖。
- [countable]
a thing that is like a ball in shape 球體；球狀物 - (also globe)(Australian English, New Zealand English)
a light bulb (= the glass part that fits into an electric lamp, etc. to give light when it is switched on) 燈泡 Halogen globes are being replaced with LEDs, which use 80 per cent less energy. 鹵素燈正在被發光二極管所取代，發光二極管消耗的能量減少了80%。
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘spherical object’): from Old French, or from Latin globus.