| 单词 | sphere |
| 释义 | sphere (once / 266 pages) n Marbles, oranges, bubbles, and beach balls — all of these objects illustrate the shape of a sphere, or globe (unless the beach balls are under-inflated, in which case they’re sort-of a “squished-sphere” shape). Sphere is often used metaphorically to refer to a particular aspect or area of something. For example, unless you’re a trained circus performer, tightrope walking and fire swallowing probably lie outside of your sphere of expertise. Sphere frequently occurs in the phrase “sphere of influence,” which designates the geographical area over which a person, organization, or nation has control. In many households, whoever is in charge of the cooking controls the kitchen; so, the kitchen falls within his or her sphere of influence. WORD FAMILYsphere: spheres, spheric, spherical+/spheric: sphericity/spherical: nonspherical, spherically, sphericalness USAGE EXAMPLESBut in this way, academic publication’s usage in the public sphere is undermined. The Guardian(Dec 28, 2016) They toured the Soviet sphere, and even further, and they projected a certain clean-cut morality and proper decorum, patriotism. New York Times(Dec 27, 2016) Both proved themselves masters of their respective political spheres. The Guardian(Dec 26, 2016) 1n a three-dimensional closed surface such that every point on the surface is equidistant from the center Hyper round shape a shape that is curved and without sharp angles 2n any spherically shaped artifact Hypo|Hyper globe a sphere on which a map (especially of the earth) is represented celestial globea globe that is a spherical model of the heavens artefact, artifact a man-made object taken as a whole 3n a solid figure bounded by a spherical surface (including the space it encloses) Hypo|Hyper conglobation, conglomeration a rounded spherical form ball, globe, orban object with a spherical shape bead, drop, pearla shape that is spherical and small crystal balla glass or crystal globe used in crystal gazing by fortunetellers camphor ball, mothballa small sphere of camphor or naphthalene used to keep moths away from stored clothing time-balla ball that slides down a staff to show a fixed time; especially at an observatory fireballthe luminous center of a nuclear explosion fireballa ball of fire (such as the sun or a ball-shaped discharge of lightning) globulea small globe or ball spherulea small sphere pelleta small sphere bolusa small round soft mass (as of chewed food) dewdropa drop of dew teardropanything shaped like a falling drop (as a pendant gem on an earring) round shape a shape that is curved and without sharp angles 4n the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected Syn|Hyper celestial sphere, empyrean, firmament, heavens, vault of heaven, welkin surface the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object 5n a particular aspect of life or activity Syn|Hypo|Hyper sector department a specialized sphere of knowledge aspect, facet a distinct feature or element in a problem 6n a particular environment or walk of life his social sphere is limited Syn|Hypo|Hyper area, arena, domain, field, orbit distaff the sphere of work by women fronta sphere of activity involving effort kingdom, land, realma domain in which something is dominant lapan area of control or responsibility political arena, political spherea sphere of intense political activity preservea domain that seems to be specially reserved for someone province, responsibilitythe proper sphere or extent of your activities lotus land, lotuslandan idyllic realm of contentment and self-indulgence lap of the godsbeyond human control or responsibility ecclesiastical provincethe district within the jurisdiction of an archbishop or a metropolitan or one of the territorial divisions of an ecclesiastical order environment the totality of surrounding conditions 7n the geographical area in which one nation is very influential Syn|Hyper sphere of influence geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region a demarcated area of the Earth |
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