- the globe[singular]
the world (used especially to emphasize its size) 地球，世界（尤用以强调其大） tourists from every corner of the globe 来自世界各地的游客
Extra ExamplesTopics People in societyb2Athletes from every corner of the globe competed in the Games. 来自世界各地的运动员在运动会上角逐。 Chess fans around the globe watched the match with breathless interest. 全世界的国际象棋迷都屏息静气观看这场对局。 Motor vehicles are found all over the globe. 机动车遍及世界各地。 She travelled the globe in search of good writers of children's stories. 她到世界各地去寻找优秀的儿童故事作家。 The boats are capable of circling the globe in 65 days. 这些船只可在 65 天内绕地球航行一周。 The news soon spread across the globe. 消息很快传遍了全球。 a commercial service that will soon span the globe 一项很快就会扩展到全球的商业服务 one of the first boats to circumnavigate the globe 最早进行环球航行的船只之一
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 地球仪 A dusty old globe stood in the corner of the schoolroom. 教室的角落里放着一个积满灰尘的旧地球仪。 Find Laos on the globe. 在地球仪上找出老挝。 On his desk was a globe and several maps. 他的桌子上有一个地球仪和几张地图。
- [countable]
a thing that is like a ball in shape 球体；球状物 - (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) 灯泡 Halogen globes are being replaced with LEDs, which use 80 per cent less energy. 卤素灯正在被发光二极管所取代，发光二极管消耗的能量减少了80%。
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘spherical object’): from Old French, or from Latin globus.