hemisphere

• n. 半球

hemi-,半，词源同semi-,sphere,球。

1. half of the terrestrial globe

2. half of a sphere

3. either half of the cerebrum

hemisphere (n.)

late 14c., hemysperie, in reference to the celestial sphere, from Latin hemisphaerium, from Greek hemisphairion, from hemi- "half" (see hemi-) + sphaira "sphere" (see sphere). Spelling reformed 16c. Of the Earth, from 1550s; of the brain, 1804.

She worked out that, if the left hemisphere was staying alert to keep guard in a strange environment, then it would react to the irregular beeps by stirring people from sleep and would ignore the regularly timed ones.

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As some countries expand operations in Antarctica, the United States maintains three year-round stations on the continent with more than 1,000 people during the southern hemisphere's summer, including those at the Amundsen-Scott station, built in 1956 at an elevation of 9,301 feet on a plateau at the South Pole.

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For example, dolphins, as well as other marine animals, shut down one hemisphere of the brain when they go to sleep.

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Researchers from Brown University found that a network in the left hemisphere of the brain "remained more active" than the network in the right side of the brain.

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When the researchers repeated the laboratory experiment on the second and third nights they found the left hemisphere could not be stimulated in the same way during deep sleep.

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the left/right cerebral hemisphere

大脑左 / 右半球

牛津词典

the northern/southern hemisphere

北 / 南半球

牛津词典

In most people, the left hemisphere is bigger than the right.

多数人的左脑比右脑大。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...the northern hemisphere.

北半球

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The last question in the math examination is to find out the area of a hemisphere.

数学考试的最后一道题是“求球台的面积”.

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Note field back bets by only disk hemisphere.

本场盘口受注后退止半球盘.

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With the summer solstice now two weeks gone the northern hemisphere is heating up.

luyue翻译夏至过去两个星期,北半球的气温越来越高.

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But the harvest season the northern hemisphere is being marked by turmoil on global wheat markets.

而如今,北半球小麦市场的波动正影响着丰收的愉悦.

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In fact, there are no penguins anywhere in the Northern Hemisphere except in zoos.

事实上, 北半球除了动物园里,任何地方都没有企鹅.

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Cold water may be upwelled or may be advected into the winter hemisphere.

冷水可以涌开或者可以平流到冬半球.

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In a high, the usually gentle winds circulate clockwise around the center of the Northern Hemisphere.

在北半球高压中, 常见的和风围绕中心顺时针地吹.

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This animal is to be found only in the Southern Hemisphere.

这种动物只有在南半球才能找到.

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Walnut looks like a little brain, a and right hemisphere , upper cerebrums and lower cerebellums.

核桃就像一个微型的脑子,有左半脑、右半脑 、 上部大脑和下部小脑,甚至其褶皱或折叠都像大脑皮层.

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A constellation in the equatorial region of the Southern Hemisphere near Pisces and Aquila.

位于北半球靠近金牛星座和双鱼星座的一个星座.

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Unfamiliar to many, the Cheetah of the southern hemisphere was born in secrecy for political causes.

对很多人来说, 它的出现带着一些神秘和政治色彩.

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It's because August is a late winter month in the southern hemisphere.

因为八月在南半球已经是冬末了.

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The Northern Hemisphere owes its climate to the North Atlantic Current.

北大西洋暖流直接影响北半球气候.

电影对白

The localization of cognitive and perceptual functions in a particular hemisphere of the brain.

认知机能和感知机能位于大脑的某一半球.

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They live in the Eastern Hemisphere.

他们生活在东半球.

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There is only a movable parts of hemisphere type, the action have no breakdowv, depevdable fuvction.

只有一个半球式的球桶活动部件, 动作无故障 、 可靠性高.

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This glioma of the cerebral hemisphere demonstrates a mass effect.

大脑半球胶质瘤显示的肿块病变.

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Walnut looks like a little brain, a left and right hemisphere , upper cerebrums and lower cerebellums.

核桃就像一个微型的脑子, 有左半脑、右半脑 、 上部大脑和下部小脑.

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Conclusion: MRI showed cerebellar hemisphere, ventral pons, middle cerebelllar peduncles and olive atrophies in OPCA patients.

结论: OPCA的MR表现 主要为小脑半球 、 桥脑腹侧 、 小脑中脚和延髓橄榄的萎缩.

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Charting each baby's brain requires about 130,000 points per hemisphere.

记录一个婴儿脑的一侧大脑半球大约需要130,000个位点.

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All over the world have 17 kinds of penguins , all his life the southern hemisphere.

全世界有17种企鹅, 统统都生活在南半球.

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We feel that this hemisphere can only be secure and free with democratic governments.

我们认为,本半球只有在民主政府的领导下才能得到安全和自由.

辞典例句

In the water, the Aussie swimmers were in their own hemisphere.

一到了水中, 澳大利亚游泳选手就如鱼得水.

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Objective : To investigate the role of both cerebral hemisphere on calculation.

目的: 了解中风后左右大脑半球在计算中的作用.

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Thanks to network games, you can vanquish an opponent that doesnt even live in this hemisphere.

有了网络游戏, 你才可以打败地球另一半的对手.

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