VERB + GLOBE span a commercial service that will soon span the globe | circumnavigate, travel one of the first boats to circumnavigate the globe She travelled the globe in search of good writers of children's stories. Show PREP. across the ~ The railway network soon spread across the globe. | all over the ~ Motor vehicles are found all over the globe. | around/round the ~ Chess fans around the globe watched the match with breathless interest. PHRASES all parts of the globe, every corner of the globe Athletes from every corner of the globe competed in the Games. Tiếng Anh[sửa] Cách phát âm[sửa]
Danh từ[sửa]globe /ˈɡloʊb/
Ngoại động từ[sửa]globe ngoại động từ /ˈɡloʊb/
Chia động từ[sửa]Nội động từ[sửa]globe nội động từ /ˈɡloʊb/
Chia động từ[sửa]Tham khảo[sửa]
Tiếng Pháp[sửa]Cách phát âm[sửa]
Danh từ[sửa]Số ít Số nhiều globe /ɡlɔb/globes /ɡlɔb/ globe gđ /ɡlɔb/
Tham khảo[sửa]
globe-trotvolume_up UK /ˈɡləʊbtrɒt/verbWord forms: globe-trots, globe-trotting, globe-trotted (no object) (informal) travel widelyshe globe-trots whenever she can, drawing inspiration from her travels artichokevolume_up UK /ˈɑːtɪtʃəʊk/noun1. also globe artichokea European plant resembling a thistle, cultivated for its large flower headsCynara scolymus, family Compositae▪the unopened flower head of the artichoke, of which the heart and the fleshy bases of the bracts are edible2. (British English) short for Jerusalem artichoke word originmid 16th century: from northern Italian articiocco, apparently from Spanish alcarchofa, from Spanish Arabic al-ḵaršūfa globe-likeadjectiveglobe nounExamplesWhat's fun about this supposed UFO image is that it's from Florida, where the most commonly-cited UFOs are he somewhat globe-like objects that favour the Gulf Breeze area.CanadianSet to run in this Sunday's edition is the new, decidedly youth-friendly logo that updates its old masthead-style with a red circle and globe-like ball.North AmericanHe'd fixed a strong punch in a globe-like crystal bowl, with all kinds of liquors mixed into it - rum, gin, whiskey, vodka, juices and what not.IndianPlugging in a wireless PMCIA card presented a globe-like icon with a big red cross on it.North American globe-shapedadjectivespherical like a globeglobe-shaped goldfish bowlsExamplesThe small egg-shaped bulb gives rise to a long flower stalk upon which globe-shaped purple-red flowers are produced.BritishThe well-lit underpass was decorated with multi-coloured globe-shaped lights.BritishThe shrub is naturally globe-shaped, but light pruning after flowering is sometimes necessary to maintain shape.North AmericanThe production of smaller globe-shaped beetroot varieties led to beetroot's increasing importance as a summer salad crop.North AmericanAmerican mistletoe has smaller berries than its European counterpart, and grows in globe-shaped clusters among the branches of deciduous trees.North AmericanYou can also buy torpedo-shaped onions, globe-shaped onions, and small egg-shaped onions which are often sold as pickling onions.North American celestial globenouna spherical representation of the sky showing the constellationsExamplesIn 1444 he became interested in astronomy and purchased sixteen books on astronomy, a wooden celestial globe, a copper celestial globe and various astronomical instruments including an astrolabe.BritishTime was astronomical, founded on the movements of the celestial bodies, and this is represented by there being a celestial globe with 48 constellations and 1022 stars.BritishHe now began to construct astronomical instruments, including water clocks for accurate timing and armillary spheres which represent the celestial globe.BritishThe astronomer studies a celestial globe of similar, perhaps identical, design to that which appears in the Verkolje portraits.BritishFor Tommaso Rangone, in addition to his tomb, he designed a tympanum relief of Rangone seated between the terrestrial and celestial globes.BritishKnowing there was a market for inexpensive maps, the Wilsons even produced three-inch terrestrial and celestial globes.North American terrestrial globenouna spherical representation of the earth with a map on the surfaceExamplesThe altar, on which are placed a celestial and a terrestrial globe, is in the form of the sun.North AmericanThey constructed a terrestrial globe in 1536, and they constructed a celestial globe in the following year.BritishSchall, during a period of Chinese captivity, returned to Korea with numerous Chinese translations of Western writings as well as terrestrial globes and astronomical charts.North AmericanVermonters were likely proud to possess one of Wilson's impressive terrestrial globes.North AmericanAs I later learned, others in the hinterlands also tried to make globes; New Hampshire shoemaker, surveyor, and farmer Samuel Lane, for example, made his own idiosyncratic version of a terrestrial globe around 1760.North AmericanIn 1562 he was asked by Cosimo I de’ Medici, the second duke of Florence, to prepare maps and a huge terrestrial globe which is still preserved.British globetrottervolume_up UK /ˈɡləʊbˌtrɒtə/noun (informal) a person who travels widelyExamplesThe film contains details of the travels of the two globetrotters, and will be played during the exhibition.He said he is not very widely travelled and does not describe himself as a globetrotter.Bangalore has today many a globetrotter, foreign delegate, and tourist.IndianAnd his ambition has been been aided by improvements in equine air travel, which has allowed horses to become globetrotters.British‘Direct me to the hotel spa’ is the new mantra of smart globetrotters.BritishThat doesn't mean would-be globetrotters must give up their dreams of adventures abroad, though.North American snow globenouna toy or ornament in the form of a transparent dome that encloses a model of a scene and a liquid containing loose white particles which, when shaken, creates the appearance of a snowstormExamplesI carefully shook the snow globe and set it down.North AmericanHe spins back to his desk and picks up his favorite paperweight, a snow globe, which he shakes vigorously.North American Golden Globenoun (trademark) 1. an award given by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, presented annually for outstanding achievement in film and televisionshe just won her fourth Golden Globe2. the Golden Globesthe annual presentation of the Golden Globesit was named best foreign language film at the recent Golden Globes globetrottingvolume_up UK /ˈɡləʊbˌtrɒtɪŋ/noun (mass noun) the action of travelling widely around the worldin spite of his globetrotting, he has not abandoned his Indian heritageExamplesTraditionally, the American toy industry hasn't been much for globetrotting.North AmericanGlobetrotting, an essential staple of orchestral life, has had its day.Britishadjectivetravelling widely around the worlda globetrotting celebrityan eventful, globetrotting lifeExamplesTheir sports science team have been on high alert this week, running health checks on their globetrotting international stars. |
