universe

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u·ni·verse /ˈjuːnəvɜːs $ -ɜːrs/ W3 noun

1 the universe HAall space, including all the stars and planets 宇宙；天地万物；万象

in the universe

everything in the universe

宇宙万物

Examples from the Corpus

in the universe• This energy is dissipated as heat, and increases the amount of disorder in the universe.• Their mutual opposition was the source of all the energy in the universe.• Children of scientists learn early on just how relative everything in the universe really is.• Moreover, even the types of particles that exist in the universe would depend on the temperature.• Fashions in the universe of picture restoration - I speak from recent but devoted authority - tend to change.• Before life, there was no complex matter in the universe.• There is no purpose or meaning in the universe.• Need, not greed, is what he supplies and, believe me, he is the best supplier in the universe.

2 [countableC] a world or an area of space that is different from the one we are in 〔已知宇宙以外的〕宇宙

a parallel/an alternative universe 平行/另类宇宙

3. be the centre of somebody’s universe to be the most important person or thing to someone 是某人生活的中心

4. somebody’s universe a person’s life, including all of the people, places, and ideas which affect them 某人的生活天地

Examples from the Corpus

universe• The particles go off into baby universes that branch off from our universe.• Thus, they believed there must be ten bodies moving about the finite universe.• Archer accepted his wealth as part of the structure of his universe.• I gave the same seminar about the problems of the inflationary universe, just as in Moscow.• Not only does our understanding of the universe change as the centuries go by: it improves.• The Dark Times were again descending over the universe.• The choice of this class of spaces determines what state the universe is in.• Illness would be about disturbances of balance - within individuals, families, and societies in relation to the universe.

Origin universe

(1300-1400) Latin universum, from universus “whole”, from uni- + versus “turned toward”

u·ni·verse noun

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