Word · Frequency #1026
earth
埋；埋葬
to bury
- 1.
To bury.
埋葬
- 2.
To hide, or cause to hide, in the earth; to chase into a burrow or den.
隐藏于地中,或使隐藏；追入洞穴或巢穴
- 3.
To burrow.
打洞
挖洞；钻入地下；躲入地下；把（猎物）赶入洞穴；埋葬；隐藏于地中,或使隐藏；追入洞穴或巢穴；打洞
In use
The farmer earthed the seeds in the garden.
The fox earths itself deep in the ground when it senses danger.
The electrician is earthing the cable to prevent a short circuit.
Verb forms
base earth · third person earths · -ing earthing · past earthed · past participle earthed
规则变化动词，意为将某物埋入土中或接地，也可指动物躲入洞中。
Connections
Collocations
- earth up
- 给……培土
- In spring, earth up the potatoes to protect the new shoots.春天给土豆培土，以保护新芽。
- earth a fox
- 把狐狸赶入洞穴
- The hunters managed to earth the fox after a long chase.经过长时间追捕，猎人们成功把狐狸赶进了洞穴。
- earth the roots
- 用土覆盖根部
- Earth the roots of the young tree to keep them from freezing.用土覆盖小树的根部，以防冻伤。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆：想象把东西放进泥土（earth）里——动词earth就是‘埋、藏入地下’。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：园艺（earth up 培土）、文学/书面描写（埋葬）、狩猎或动物行为（入穴） earth 作动词时比较少见，通常用于较正式或专门的说法：如园艺中 earth up（培土）、文学描写里指埋葬、狩猎语中指入穴。日常口语中更常说 bury 或 cover with soil，具体是否正式需看搭配和语境。
Grammar Note
As a transitive verb, earth means to bury something in the ground or drive an animal into its hole; as an intransitive verb, it means to take shelter in a hole.
Pronunciation & Spelling
Birth, worth, dearth, girth, and unearth rhyme with earth in rhotic accents (e.g., US): all end with /ɝθ/. Hearth is a spelling lookalike but sounds /hɑrθ/, so it does not rhyme.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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