gravity
英 ['grævɪtɪ]
美['ɡrævəti]
- n. 重力，地心引力；严重性；庄严
中文词源
gravity 重力
来自词根grav, 重，词源同barometer, guru, gravity. 用于科学术语。
英英释意
- 1. (physics) the force of attraction between all masses in the universe; especially the attraction of the earth's mass for bodies near its surface;
- "the more remote the body the less the gravity"
- "the gravitation between two bodies is proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them"
- "gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love"--Albert Einstein
- 2. a manner that is serious and solemn
- 3. a solemn and dignified feeling
英文词源
- gravity
- gravity: [16] Gravity comes from Latin gravitās, a derivative of the adjective gravis ‘heavy, important’. This in turn goes back to a prehistoric Indo-European *gru-, which also produced Greek bárus ‘heavy’ (source of English baritone [19] and barium [19]), Sanskrit gurús ‘heavy, dignified’ (whence English guru [17]), Latin brūtus ‘heavy’, hence ‘cumbersome, stupid’ (from which English gets brute), Gothic kaurus ‘heavy’, and Latvian grūts ‘heavy, pregnant’.
English descendants of gravis, apart from gravity, include grave ‘serious’, gravid ‘pregnant’ [16], gravitate [17], grief, and grudge.
=> baritone, barium, brute, grave, grief, grudge, guru - gravity (n.)
- c. 1500, "weight, dignity, seriousness, solemnity of deportment or character, importance," from Old French gravité "seriousness, thoughtfulness" (13c.) and directly from Latin gravitatem (nominative gravitas) "weight, heaviness, pressure," from gravis "heavy" (see grave (adj.)). The scientific sense of "downward acceleration of terrestrial bodies due to gravitation of the Earth" first recorded 1620s.
The words gravity and gravitation have been more or less confounded; but the most careful writers use gravitation for the attracting force, and gravity for the terrestrial phenomenon of weight or downward acceleration which has for its two components the gravitation and the centrifugal force. [Century Dictionary, 1902]
考试真题
- Even so, the shift in the centre of gravity to older age groups is bound to have a profound effect on societies, not just economically and politically but in all sorts of other ways too.
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- For the past two years, Gordon's students have been studying ways to kill bacteria in zero gravity, and they think they're close to a solution.
2019年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读D 原文
- If you leave your arms out, they float free in zero gravity, often giving a sleeping astronaut the look of a funny ballet dancer.
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- With no gravity, it's just as easy to pedal violently.
2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文
- Without gravity to help circulate air, the carbon dioxide you exhale has a tendency to form an invisible cloud around you head.
2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文
实用场景例句
- They were asked to behave with the gravity that was appropriate in a court of law.
- 他们被要求在法庭上表现出应有的严肃态度。
牛津词典
- Punishment varies according to the gravity of the offence.
- 处罚根据罪行的严重程度而有所不同。
牛津词典
- I don't think you realise the gravity of the situation.
- 我认为你没有意识到形势的严重性。
牛津词典
- Newton's law of gravity
- 牛顿万有引力定律
牛津词典
- There was an appealing gravity to everything she said.
- 她说的每句话都带着一种庄严，很能吸引人。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Not all acts of vengeance are of equal gravity.
- 并非所有的报复行为都同等恶劣。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- They deserve punishment which matches the gravity of their crime...
- 应当根据罪行的严重性来惩治他们。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Arrows would continue to fly forward forever in a straight line were it not for gravity, which brings them down to earth.
- 要不是重力使箭落向地面，它们将永远以直线往前飞行。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- This force of attraction is known as the force of gravity.
- 这种吸引力通常叫做重力.
期刊摘选
- The plane defied the of gravity.
- 这架飞机经受住了引力定律.
期刊摘选
- An apple falls down because of gravity.
- 由于重力的关系,苹果往下掉.
《简明英汉词典》
- These changes correspond in a way to the variations of the earth's gravity with latitude.
- 这些变化类似于地球重力随纬度的变化.
辞典例句
- It is attracted by Neptune's gravity when the two planets get closer.
- 因此当两颗行星靠近时,冥王星就被海王星的引力吸过去了.
期刊摘选
- Europe's economic centre of gravity shifted northwards.
- 欧洲的经济重心向北移了.
《简明英汉词典》
- In the absence of gravity, there would be no air around the earth.
- 没有重力, 地球周围就没有空气.
期刊摘选
- Gravity incurvates the rays.
- 重力能使光线弯曲.
期刊摘选
- Solar gravity creates extreme pressures and temperatures.
- 太阳引力制造了极强的压力和极高的温度.
期刊摘选
- The stone rolled down the mountain by gravity.
- 这块石头由于重力作用而滚下山.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The world's center of gravity is shifting with a seismic inevitability.
- 世界的重心已经像地震般一样不可避免地转移了.
期刊摘选
- With the development of precise INS, Gravity error has become the main error in INS.
- 随着高精度INS的发展,惯性传感器的自身精度得到极大的提高, 重力误差已经成为惯导系统中最主要的误差源.
期刊摘选
- This is gravity loves time's first App and there will more to come!
- 现隆重推出史上第一个相机功能,还有更精彩的!
期刊摘选
- The first is gravity and is known as the weak force.
- 第一种是重力,被认为是弱力.
期刊摘选
- Freedom, gravity, ego, and electron are constructs.
- 自由, 万有引力, 自我中心以及电子都是概念.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- From the expressions on their faces, I realized the gravity of the situation.
- 从他们的脸部表情我晓悟到事情的严重性.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Anything that is dropped falls towards the centre of the earth because of the pull of gravity.
- 物体脱手即向地心方向跌落是由于重力吸引的缘故.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- A heavy car with a low center of gravity will hug the road.
- 重心低的载重汽车会在路面上平稳行驶.
《简明英汉词典》
- He doesn't think you realize the gravity of the situation.
- 他认为你没意识到局势的严重性.
《简明英汉词典》
- Newton's law of gravity
- 牛顿万有引力定律
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
- This was a serious breach of trust quite apart from the gravity of any offence.
- 这不光是情节重大的犯罪行为，还是一种严重的背信行为。
柯林斯例句