1、earth作“泥土,土壤”解时,是物质名词,泛指时不用冠词。
举例:Earth gives us all the good things!
泥土把所有的美好事物都赐予了我们!
2、earth作“地球”解时常以单数形式出现,前加定冠词,也可作为专有名词,这时要用the earth形式。其他如:the sun、the moon 等。
举例:Many kinds of animals have vanished from the earth.
许多动物已从地球上消失了。
People used to think the earth was flat.
人们曾经认为地球是平的。
People used to believe the earth was flat.
人们一度认为地球是平的。
There were low banks of earth between the rice fields.
稻田之间有低矮的田埂。
Water covers a large proportion of the earth's surface.
水覆盖了地球表面的大部分。
A new satellite has been put into orbit around the earth.
一颗新的人造卫星被送上了环绕地球的轨道