globe

noun

/ɡləʊb/

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the globe
[singular] the world (used especially to emphasize its size)
- tourists from every corner of the globe
Extra Examples
- Athletes from every corner of the globe competed in the Games.
- Chess fans around the globe watched the match with breathless interest.
- Motor vehicles are found all over the globe.
- She travelled the globe in search of good writers of children's stories.
- The boats are capable of circling the globe in 65 days.
- The news soon spread across the globe.
- a commercial service that will soon span the globe
- one of the first boats to circumnavigate the globe
Topics People in societyb2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- entire
verb + the globe
- span
- circle
- circumnavigate
- …
preposition
- across the globe
- all over the globe
- around the globe
- …
phrases
- all parts of the globe
- every corner of the globe
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[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
- A dusty old globe stood in the corner of the schoolroom.
- Find Laos on the globe.
- On his desk was a globe and several maps.
Wordfinder
- compass
- globe
- GPS
- grid
- key
- latitude
- map
- navigate
- reference
- scale
[countable] a thing that is like a ball in shape
(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)
- Halogen globes are being replaced with LEDs, which use 80 per cent less energy.

Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘spherical object’): from Old French, or from Latin globus.

单词	globe
释义	globe noun /ɡləʊb/ /ɡləʊb/ jump to other results the globe [singular] the world (used especially to emphasize its size) tourists from every corner of the globe Extra Examples Athletes from every corner of the globe competed in the Games. Chess fans around the globe watched the match with breathless interest. Motor vehicles are found all over the globe. She travelled the globe in search of good writers of children's stories. The boats are capable of circling the globe in 65 days. The news soon spread across the globe. a commercial service that will soon span the globe one of the first boats to circumnavigate the globe Topics People in societyb2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective entire verb + the globe span circle circumnavigate … preposition across the globe all over the globe around the globe … phrases all parts of the globe every corner of the globe See full entry [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 A dusty old globe stood in the corner of the schoolroom. Find Laos on the globe. On his desk was a globe and several maps. Wordfinder compass globe GPS grid key latitude map navigate reference scale [countable] a thing that is like a ball in shape (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) Halogen globes are being replaced with LEDs, which use 80 per cent less energy. Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘spherical object’): from Old French, or from Latin globus.
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