a continuous area or expanse which is free, available, or unoccupied 空间 a table took up much of the space. 一张桌子占了很大空间。 [count noun]we shall all be living together in a small space. 我们要一起生活在一个狭小的空间里。 he reversed out of the parking space. 他从停车场倒车出来。 ■[count noun]an area of land which is not occupied by buildings 空地 she had a love of open spaces. 她很喜欢开阔的地方。 ■[count noun]a blank between printed, typed, or written words, characters, numbers, etc (印刷、打字、书写的词语、字母和数字之间的)间隔,空格,空铅 ■[count noun](Music)each of the four gaps between the five lines of a stave (乐)(谱表的)线间空白;线间 ■an interval of time (often used to suggest that the time is short considering what has happened or been achieved in it) 一段时间;期间 both their cars were stolen in the space of three days. 他们两个的车在三天时间里都被偷了。 ■pages in a newspaper, or time between television or radio programmes, available for advertising 报纸的专页;(电视、电台节目间)插播广告的时间 ■(亦作 commercial space)an area rented or sold as business premises (出租或出售的)商铺 ■the amount of paper used or needed to write about a subject 篇幅 there is no space to give further details. 没有篇幅叙述更多的细节了。 ■the freedom and scope to live, think, and develop in a way that suits one (适合于自己生活、思考和发展的)自由空间 a teenager needing her own space. 青少年需要自己的空间。 ■(Telecommunications)one of two possible states of a signal in certain systems (电信)空号。 mark的反义词
the dimensions of height, depth, and width within which all things exist and move 空间 the work gives the sense of a journey in space and time. 这部作品给人一种经历了一次时空旅行的感觉。 ■(亦作 outer space)the physical universe beyond the earth's atmosphere (地球大气层以外的)外层空间 ■the near-vacuum extending between the planets and stars, containing small amounts of gas and dust (行星和恒星之间,只含少量气体和灰尘的、近乎真空的)空间 ■(Mathematics)a mathematical concept generally regarded as a set of points having some specified structure (数)空间
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[with obj.](常作be spaced)position (two or more items) at a distance from one another 把(两个或两个以上事物)分隔开 the houses are spaced out. 房子之间留有间隔。 ■(in printing or writing) put blanks between (words, letters, or lines) (印刷或书写中)在(词语,字母,行)之间加空格 [as noun spacing]the default setting is single line spacing. 默认设置为单行间距。
(be spaced out 或 主美 space out)(informal)be or become euphoric or disorientated, especially from taking drugs; cease to be aware of one's surroundings (非正式)(尤指因使用致幻毒品而)感受到快感(或变得迷迷糊糊);迷幻 I was so tired that I began to feel totally spaced out. 我太累了,开始感到完全迷糊了。 I kind of space out for a few minutes. 有几分钟我感到有点儿昏昏沉沉。
常用词组 watch this space
(informal)further developments are expected and more information will be given later (非正式)关注进一步的发展
派生 spacer noun 语源
Middle English: shortening of Old French espace, from Latin spatium. Current verb senses date from the late 17th cent