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. 空間; 間隔

...cutting down yet more trees to make space for houses. …砍掉更多的樹以騰出空間來蓋房屋。

I had plenty of space to write and sew. 我有足夠的空間來寫作和縫紉。

The space underneath could be used as a storage area. 下麪的空間可被用作一個儲藏區。

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. 場所

...the high cost of office space. …辦公場所的高額費用。

You don't want your living space to look like a bedroom. 你不會希望你的起居室看上去像一間臥室。

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

Large paintings can enhance the feeling of space in small rooms. 大幅畫作能增加小房間的寬敞感。

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. 餘地

You need space to think everything over. 你需要畱有餘地來仔細考慮一切。

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. 因爲篇幅有限，我們無法允諾刊登答複。

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

They've come a long way in a short space of time. 他們在很短時間內從很遠的地方過來了。

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. 宇宙飛船上的六位宇航員將在太空度過10天的時間。

...launching satellites into space. …發射人造衛星到外層空間。

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

She felt herself transcending time and space. 她感覺自己正在超越時空。

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. 使分隔開

Women once again are having fewer children and spacing them further apart. 婦女們又一次開始生育較少的孩子，而且生孩子的時間間隔越來越大。

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

He talks quite slowly and spaces his words out. 他說得很慢，詞與詞之間都有停頓。

11. spacingN-UNCOUNT 間隔

Generous spacing gives healthier trees and better crops. 足夠大的間距使樹長得更健康，莊稼長得更好。

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. 茫然直眡

He just sat in the dressing room staring into space. 他就坐在化妝室裡，茫然地望著前方。