ground 中文

名词 (Noun)PLgrounds

NU The surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground.
1. If the afternoon was fine they strolled together in the park, very slowly, and with pauses to draw breath wherever the ground sloped upward. The slightest effort made the patient cough.

NU Terrain.

NU Soil, earth.

The worm crawls through the ground. ‎

NC The bottom of a body of water.

Basis, foundation, groundwork, legwork.

Background, context, framework, surroundings.

House Prees and Bloods [ …] were everywhere to be seen in earnest colloquy. For the matter was, that there was some sort of night-prowler about the school grounds.

The plain surface upon which the figures of an artistic composition are set.

crimson flowers on a white ground

In sculpture, a flat surface upon which figures are raised in relief.

In point lace, the net of small meshes upon which the embroidered pattern is applied.

Brussels ground

In etching, a gummy substance spread over the surface of a metal to be etched, to prevent the acid from eating except where an opening is made by the needle.

(architecture, chiefly in the plural) One of the pieces of wood, flush with the plastering, to which mouldings etc. are attached.

Grounds are usually put up first and the plastering floated flush with them.

NC A soccer stadium.

Manchester United's ground is known as Old Trafford. ‎

(electricity, Canada and US) An electrical conductor connected to the ground.

(electricity, Canada and US) A level of electrical potential used as a zero reference.

NC (cricket) The area of grass on which a match is played (a cricket field); the entire arena in which it is played; the part of the field behind a batsman's popping crease where he can not be run out (hence to make one's ground).

(music) A composition in which the bass, consisting of a few bars of independent notes, is continually repeated to a varying melody.

(music) The tune on which descants are raised; the plain song.

The pit of a theatre.

动词 (Verb)SGgroundsPRgroundingPT, PPgrounded

To connect (an electrical conductor or device) to a ground.

VT To punish, especially a child or teenager, by forcing him/her to stay at home and/or give up certain privileges.

If you don't clean your room, I'll have no choice but to ground you.
Eric, you are grounded until further notice for lying to us about where you were last night!
My kids are currently grounded from television.

VT To forbid (an aircraft or pilot) to fly.

Because of the bad weather, all flights were grounded.

To give a basic education in a particular subject; to instruct in elements or first principles.

Jim was grounded in maths.

(baseball) to hit a ground ball; to hit a ground ball which results in an out. Compare fly (verb(regular)) and line (verb).

Jones grounded to second in his last at-bat.

(cricket) (of a batsman) to place his bat, or part of his body, on the ground behind the popping crease so as not to be run out.

VI To run aground; to strike the bottom and remain fixed.

The ship grounded on the bar.

To found; to fix or set, as on a foundation, reason, or principle; to furnish a ground for; to fix firmly.

(fine arts) To cover with a ground, as a copper plate for etching, or as paper or other materials with a uniform tint as a preparation for ornament.

To improve or focus the mental or emotional state of.

I ground myself with meditation.

simple past tense and past participle of grind.

I ground the coffee up nicely.

形容词 (Adjective)

Crushed, or reduced to small particles.
1. ground mustard seed

Processed by grinding.

lenses of ground glass

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用于句中
- The mechanism of landmine detection is to ensonify the ground with an acoustic source and measure the intensity of the returning sound waves.
- Ammosexuals are very protective of their fetish, and attack even the slightest gun safety measure on the grounds that they interfere with their pleasure.
- They expect their opponents to stand their ground on the issue.
用于句尾
- His new skateboard rail is about 10' long, 4" wide and 8" off the ground.
- We tried to start a company, but we couldn't seem to get it off the ground.
- Although he has an MBA from Harvard, he still ran the company into the ground.

Meaning of ground for the defined word.