globe

1. N-SING You can refer to the world as the globe when you are emphasizing how big it is or that something happens in many different parts of it. 全球

...bottles of beer from every corner of the globe. …一瓶瓶來自全球各個(gè)角落的啤酒。

70% of our globe's surface is water. 我們地球表面的70%是水。

2. N-COUNT A globe is a ball-shaped object with a map of the world on it. It is usually fixed on a stand. 地球儀

Three large globes stand on the floor. 地板上立著三個(gè)大地球儀。

3. N-COUNT Any ball-shaped object can be referred to as a globe. 球狀物

The overhead light was covered now with a white globe. 頂燈現(xiàn)在被一個(gè)白色的球狀物罩了起來。