- ground
- [graund]
1. pt, pp of grind
2. n
1) (floor)
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the ground — 地面 [dìmiàn]He picked his coat up from the ground. — 他从地上拾起大衣。
2) (earth, soil, land)*
the ground — 土地 [tǔdì]The ground was very wet and soft. — 土地非常潮湿松软。
a rocky piece of ground — 一块多岩石的土地
3) c (SPORT) 场 [chǎng]Manchester United's football ground — 曼联队的足球场
4) c (US: ELEC) 接地装置 [jiēdì zhuāngzhì] 英 = earth3. grounds; n pl1) (gardens etc) 庭园 [tíngyuán]the palace grounds — 宫殿庭园
2) (reasons, basis) 理由 [lǐyóu]3) also: coffee grounds 咖啡渣 [kāfēizhā]4. vt1) [+ plane] 使停飞 [shǐ tíngfēi]2) [+ child] 限制出门 [xiànzhì chūmén]His father grounded him for a month. — 他爸爸整个月都限制他出门。
3) (US: ELEC) 使接地 [shǐ jiēdì] 英 = earth5. adj1) [+ coffee, almonds, spice, pepper] 磨碎的 [mósuì de]2) (US) [+ meat] 绞碎的 [jiǎosuì de]6. vi[+ ship] 搁浅 [gēqiǎn]the rocks where the ship had grounded — 船搁浅处的礁石
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on the ground — 在地面上*
the facilities on the ground — 地面设备*
below/above ground — 地下/上*
common ground — 共同点*
to gain/lose ground — (fig) 越来越看好/渐失优势*
to get off the ground — (fig) 开始进行*
to stand or hold one's ground — 坚持立场*
to be thin on the ground — (BRIT) 为数不多*
to break new ground — 开辟新天地*
to burn/raze sth to the ground — 把某物烧成平地/夷为平地*
to go to ground — 躲了起来*
to find the middle ground — 找到中间立场*
to prepare the ground for sth — 为某事铺平道路*
to shift or change one's ground — 改变立场*
it suits him down to the ground — (BRIT: inf) 这完全适合他*
grounds for — [+ optimism, hope, concern] ...的原因; [+ divorce, appeal, complaint] ...的理由*
grounds for doing sth — 做某事的根据*
on (the) grounds of — 以...为理由*
on the grounds that... — 以...为理由*
on medical/humanitarian grounds — 基于人道主义/健康状况*
burial/hunting ground(s) — 坟地/猎场
English-Chinese new dictionary. 2014.
