喜樂美語

核心畫面

Picture a ball — a smooth, round thing you could turn in your hands. That plain shape is what the word is built on. Put a world map on the ball and you get the thing in a classroom; then let the ball stand for the real planet, and 'the globe' becomes the whole Earth with everyone on it.

可以想成：一顆球——光滑、圓的，可以捧在手上轉。這個字底下就是這個形狀。在球上印一張世界地圖，就成了教室裡那顆地球儀…更多收起可以想成：一顆球——光滑、圓的，可以捧在手上轉。這個字底下就是這個形狀。在球上印一張世界地圖，就成了教室裡那顆地球儀；再讓這顆球代表真正的星球，the globe 就變成整個地球和上面所有的人。所以從燈罩到全世界，靠的是同一個圓。

From the picture

地球儀與整個地球

在那顆球上放一張世界地圖，球就代表地球了；再往前一步，人們乾脆用這顆球指真正的星球本身。

model of the earth · noun · A2

A round model of the Earth with a map on it, often on a stand you can spin.

地球儀

Also in this word

ball-shaped object · noun · B2

Something made in the shape of a ball, like a round glass cover or light.

球形物／圓球罩

原始詞典資料15 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Globename

  • 1

    The Earth.

    • They aspired to circumnavigate the Globe.
  • 2

    The Globe Theatre, the famous theatre for which Shakespeare wrote and performed.

    • They aspired to replicate the Globe.
  • 3

    A city, the county seat of Gila County, Arizona.

  • 4

    An unincorporated community in Clark County, Wisconsin.

globenoun/ɡləʊb/

  • 1

    medicinesciencesAny spherical (or nearly spherical) object.

  • 2

    Any spherical (or nearly spherical) object.

  • 3

    Any spherical (or nearly spherical) object.

    • the globe of a lamp
  • 4

    datedA light bulb.

    • Don't ask for a new globe just because the old one needs dusting. The old-style carbon lamps wasted electricity when they began to fade and it was economy to replace them.
  • 5

    A circular military formation used in Ancient Rome, corresponding to the modern infantry square.

    • Him round / A globe of fiery seraphim enclosed.
  • 6

    slangA woman's breast or buttock, whichever is more prominent.

    • Meanwhile, Jennifer Lopez went with her favorite silhouette: a robe-like dress, barely fastened solely in the areas you actually can’t reveal on the red carpet (remember that famous Versace number at the Grammys?). This year, she wore a silver and cream Zuhair Murad that showed off all of her best assets, which even caused Jeremy Renner to blurt out a comment about her “globes” on stage.
    • 'I got my wig out and my globes,' she joked to E! News host Ryan Seacrest, adjusting her breasts.
  • 7

    obsoleteA group.

  • 8

    A land snail of the genus Mesodon.

globeverb/ɡləʊb/

  • 1

    To become spherical.

  • 2

    To make spherical.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。