英汉词典

space 基本解释

• n. 空间；太空；距离
• vi. 留间隔
• vt. 隔开

space 词态变化

space 中文词源

来自拉丁语 spatium,空间，区域，一段时间，可能来自 PIE*spe,展开，拉长，词源同 span,spoon. 后引申诸相关词义。拼写比较 vice,vitiate.

space 英文词源

space

space: [13] Space comes via Old French espace from Latin spatium ‘distance, space, period’, a word of unknown origin. Its modern English application to the ‘expanse in which the Universe is contained’ did not emerge until the 19th century. The Latin derived adjective spatiōsus has given English spacious [14], but spatial [19] was coined in English directly from Latin spatium.

space (n.)

c. 1300, "extent or area; room" (to do something), a shortening of Old French espace "period of time, distance, interval" (12c.), from Latin spatium "room, area, distance, stretch of time," of unknown origin (also source of Spanish espacio, Italian spazio).

From early 14c. as "a place," also "amount or extent of time." From mid-14c. as "distance, interval of space;" from late 14c. as "ground, land, territory; extension in three dimensions; distance between two or more points." From early 15c. as "size, bulk," also "an assigned position." Typographical sense is attested from 1670s (typewriter space-bar is from 1876, earlier space-key, 1860).

Astronomical sense of "stellar depths, immense emptiness between the worlds" is by 1723, perhaps as early as "Paradise Lost" (1667), common from 1890s. Space age is attested from 1946. Many compounds first appeared in science fiction and speculative writing, such as spaceship (1894, "A Journey in Other Worlds," John Jacob Astor); spacecraft (1928, "Popular Science"); space travel (1931); space station (1936, "Rockets Through Space"); spaceman (1942, "Thrilling Wonder Stories"). Space race attested from 1959. Space shuttle attested by 1970.

Space isn't remote at all. It's only an hour's drive away if your car could go straight upwards. [Sir Fred Hoyle, "London Observer," 1979]

space (v.)

1540s, "to make of a certain extent;" 1680s in typography; 1703 as "to arrange at set intervals," from space (n.). Meaning "to be in a state of drug-induced euphoria" is recorded from 1968. Space cadet "eccentric person disconnected with reality" (often implying an intimacy with hallucinogenic drugs) is a 1960s phrase, probably traceable to 1950s U.S. sci-fi television program "Tom Corbett, Space Cadet," which was watched by many children who dreamed of growing up to be one and succeeded. Related: Spaced; spacing.

space (adj.)

c. 1600, from space (n.). Meaning "having to do with outer space" is from 1894.

space 词组搭配

space 英文释义

1. the unlimited expanse in which everything is located;

"they tested his ability to locate objects in space"

2. an empty area (usually bounded in some way between things);

"the architect left space in front of the building"

"they stopped at an open space in the jungle"

"the space between his teeth"

3. an area reserved for some particular purpose;

"the laboratory's floor space"

4. a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing;

"he said the space is the most important character in the alphabet"

5. the interval between two times;

"the distance from birth to death"

"it all happened in the space of 10 minutes"

6. a blank area;

"write your name in the space provided"

7. one of the areas between or below or above the lines of a musical staff;

"the spaces are the notes F-A-C-E"

8. (printing) a block of type without a raised letter; used for spacing between words

space 同义词解析

space, universe, cosmos

这些名词均含"宇宙，太空"之意。

space： 指大气层或太阳系之外的极高的天空，即太空之意。

universe： 指包括地球及其他天体的广大空间。

cosmos： 源于希腊语，指和谐的有秩序的宇宙，与chaos(天地开辟前的浑沌状态)相对。

space 双语例句

1. These files have been zipped up to take up less disk space.

这些文档已经进行了压缩，以节省磁盘空间。

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2. She made her first and only space flight last September.

她第一次也是唯一一次宇宙飞行是在去年9月。

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3. The space shuttle had been scheduled to blast off at 04:38.

航天飞机已经预定于凌晨4点38分发射升空。

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4. They've come a long way in a short space of time.

他们在很短的时间之内就大老远地赶了过来。

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5. Firms need a breathing space if they are to recover.

这些公司需要短暂休整才能恢复元气。

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space 实用场景例句

floor/office/shelf, etc. space

楼面面积、办公室里的空间、搁架上的空当等

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We must make good use of the available space.

我们必须充分利用现有空间。

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That desk takes up too much space .

那张桌子占的地方太大。

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There is very little storage space in the department.

这个部门存放东西的地方很小。

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Can we make space for an extra chair?

我们能不能腾个空再放一把椅子？

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How much disk space will it take up (= on a computer) ?

这会占用多少磁盘空间？

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a large/small/narrow/wide space

大 / 小 / 窄 / 宽的空当

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Under the plan, bits of open space — fields, golf-course borders and small parks — will be preserved.

在这份规划里，一些开放空间——运动场、高尔夫球场边缘以及小公园——将得以保留。

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...cutting down yet more trees to make space for houses...

砍掉更多的树，腾出空间来盖房子

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...the high cost of office space...

办公场所的高额成本

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You don't want your living space to look like a bedroom...

你可不希望自己居住的地方看上去像个卧室。

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Large paintings can enhance the feeling of space in small rooms...

大型油画可以增加小房间的宽敞感。

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The sense of space and emptiness is overwhelming.

巨大的空虚感汹涌袭来。

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You need space to think everything over...

你需要时间把一切好好地考虑清楚。

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We will give each other space to develop.

我们会给彼此留出发展的空间。

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We can't promise to publish a reply as space is limited.

由于版面有限，我们不能保证把回复登载出来。

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...some work which we couldn't include because of lack of space in this issue.

由于这期篇幅有限，我们无法收纳进来的一些文章

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They've come a long way in a short space of time...

他们在很短的时间之内就大老远地赶了过来。

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I have known dramatic changes occur in the space of a few minutes with this method.

我知道用这种方法短短几分钟之内就能够产生急剧的变化。

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The six astronauts on board will spend ten days in space.

飞船上的6名宇航员将在太空度过 10 天。

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...launching satellites into space.

发射人造卫星进入外层空间

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She felt herself transcending time and space...

她感到自己正在穿越时空。

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The physical universe is finite in space and time.

物质世界在时间和空间上是有限的。

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Women once again are having fewer children and spacing them further apart...

女人再次减少了生孩子的数量，而且生育之间相隔的时间也更长了。

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His voice was angry and he spaced the words for emphasis.

他的声音里透着愤怒，为了强调，他一字一顿。

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He just sat in the dressing-room staring into space...

他直愣愣地坐在化妆间里。

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Molly turned away and gazed off into space, a faraway look in her eyes.

莫莉转过脸去茫然瞪视，眼神似已飘到了远方。

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Even Sarah treated him as if he were a waste of space...

连萨拉对他都像是在对待一个废物。

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Are we expected to believe those scribblings are art? This piece of trash was a waste of space.

我们难道真要把那些乱涂乱画当作艺术吗？这种垃圾留着都占地方。

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