space

1. N-VAR You use space to refer to an area that is empty or available. The area can be any size. For example, you can refer to a large area outside as a large open space or to a small area between two objects as a small space. 空间; 间隔

...cutting down yet more trees to make space for houses. …砍掉更多的树以腾出空间来盖房屋。

I had plenty of space to write and sew. 我有足够的空间来写作和缝纫。

The space underneath could be used as a storage area. 下面的空间可被用作一个储藏区。

2. N-VAR A particular kind of space is the area that is available for a particular activity or for putting a particular kind of thing in. 场所

...the high cost of office space. …办公场所的高额费用。

You don't want your living space to look like a bedroom. 你不会希望你的起居室看上去像一间卧室。

3. N-UNCOUNT If a place gives a feeling of space, it gives an impression of being large and open. 宽敞的空间

Large paintings can enhance the feeling of space in small rooms. 大幅画作能增加小房间的宽敞感。

4. N-UNCOUNT If you give someone space to think about something or to develop as a person, you allow them the time and freedom to do this. 余地

You need space to think everything over. 你需要留有余地来仔细考虑一切。

5. N-UNCOUNT The amount of space for a topic to be discussed in a document is the number of pages available to discuss the topic. 篇幅

We can't promise to publish a reply as space is limited. 因为篇幅有限，我们无法允诺刊登答复。

6. N-SING A space of time is a period of time. 一段 (时间)

They've come a long way in a short space of time. 他们在很短时间内从很远的地方过来了。

7. N-UNCOUNT Space is the area beyond the Earth's atmosphere, where the stars and planets are. 太空

The six astronauts on board will spend ten days in space. 宇宙飞船上的六位宇航员将在太空度过10天的时间。

...launching satellites into space. …发射人造卫星到外层空间。

8. N-UNCOUNT Space is the whole area within which everything exists. 宇宙空间

She felt herself transcending time and space. 她感觉自己正在超越时空。

9. V-T If you space a series of things, you arrange them so that they are not all together but have gaps or intervals of time between them. 使分隔开

Women once again are having fewer children and spacing them further apart. 妇女们又一次开始生育较少的孩子，而且生孩子的时间间隔越来越大。

10. PHRASAL VERB Space out means the same as . 使分隔开

He talks quite slowly and spaces his words out. 他说得很慢，词与词之间都有停顿。

11. spacingN-UNCOUNT 间隔

Generous spacing gives healthier trees and better crops. 足够大的间距使树长得更健康，庄稼长得更好。

12. →see also airspace , breathing space , outer space , spacing

13. PHRASE If you are staring into space, you are looking straight in front of you, without actually looking at anything in particular, for example because you are thinking or because you are feeling shocked. 茫然直视

He just sat in the dressing room staring into space. 他就坐在化妆室里，茫然地望着前方。