n.

1. （常大寫）地球[the S]
   How far is the Earth from the sun?

   地球離太陽多遠？

2. 陸地；地面，地上[U]
   The balloon burst and fell to earth.

   氣球炸了，落到地上。

3. 土，泥[U]
   The farmer examined a handful of earth.

   那個農夫察看了一把泥土。

4. 【英】【電】（接）地；地線[C]
5. 【英】（狐等的）穴[C]
6. 【化】金屬氧化物[C]
7. （地球上的）全人類[the S]
   The whole earth rejoiced.

   全人類歡欣鼓舞。

8. 塵世，人間[U]
   That's a paradise on earth.

   那是人間天堂。

vt.

1. 【英】【電】把（電器）接地
   Is your TV set earthed?

   你的電視機接地嗎？

2. 用土掩蓋（植物或根部）[（+up）]
   He carefully earthed up the roots of the newly-planted tree.

   他仔細地在新栽的樹的根部培上土。

n.

1. (also Earth) the planet on which we live, the third planet of the solar system in order of distance from the sun.
2. the substance of the land surface; soil.
   ▸one of the four elements in ancient and medieval philosophy and in astrology.
   ▸used in names of stable, dense, non-volatile inorganic substances, e.g. fuller's earth.
   ▸literary the substance of the human body:

   earth to earth, ashes to ashes.
3. Brit. electrical connection to the ground, regarded as having zero electrical potential.
4. the underground lair of a badger or fox.

v.

1. Brit. connect (an electrical device) to earth.
2. Hunting  (of a fox) run to its earth.