1 [C,U] space (for sb/sth) (to do sth) a place or an area that is empty or not used 空间;空地;空白:
Is there enough space for me to park the car there?那儿有足够的地方让我停车吗?Shelves would take up less spacethan a cupboard.架子要比橱柜占的空间少。a parking space停车位We're a bit short of space.我们地方不大够用。There's a space here for you to write your name.这儿有个空白让你填上名字。Leave a space after the comma.逗号后面要空一格。☞Look at room and the note at place ¹. 参看room及place^1的注释。
2 [U] (also ˌouter ˈspace) (often used to form compound nouns 常用于构成复合名词) the area which surrounds the planet Earth and the other planets and stars 太空;外层空间:
space travel太空旅行a spaceman/spacewoman (= a person who travels in space)航天员;宇航员a spacecraft/spaceship宇宙飞船;宇宙飞船
3 [C] [usu.sing] a period of time 一段时间:
Priti had been ill three times in / within the space offour months.普里蒂在四个月内病了三次。He's achieved a lot in a short space of time.他在短时间内取得了巨大成就。
4 [U] time and freedom to think and do what you want 思考或做某事的时间和自由;余地:
I need some space to think.我需要有点思考的余地。
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[T] space sth (out) to arrange things so that there are empty spaces between them 使隔开;留间隔
space1/spes; speIs/n 1 a) [C] an area that is empty or available to be used 空间﹐空地方: +for There's a space for the table here. 这里有地方放这张桌子。Write your name in this space . 在这个空处写下你的姓名。a plan for 700 more parking spaces 增加 700 个停车位的计划the city's open spaces 城里的开阔空地 b) [U] the amount of an area that is empty or available to be used [ room ] 空间〔指可供利用的空间大小〕: Is there any more space in the car? 车里还有地方吗?How much space is there on the disk? 磁盘里还有多少空间?The cupboard takes up too much space. 这橱柜占地方太多了。storage/cupboard/shelf etc space 6,900 square feet of office space 6,900 平方英尺的办公空间see box at见 PLACE1 方框2 [U] the area beyond the Earth where the stars and PLANETS are 太空: in/into space Who was the first American in space? 谁是第一个进入太空的美国人?space travel/research/exploration etc the US space programme 美国的太空计划THESAURUS 同类词Things in space 太空中的物体meteor 流星, asteroid 小行星, comet 彗星, moon 月球, planet 行星, star 恒星, sun 太阳, constellation 星座, galaxy 星系, black hole 黑洞Vehicles used in space 太空中使用的飞行器spacecraft 宇宙飞船, spaceship 宇宙飞船, rocket 火箭, (space) shuttle 太空穿梭机, satellite 人造卫星, probe 航天探测器Someone who travels in space 在太空中旅行的人astronaut 宇航员, cosmonaut (=a Russian astronaut) 〔俄罗斯的〕宇航员3 [C usually singular 一般用单数] a period of time 一段时间﹐期间: in the space of an hour/two weeks etc All this happened in the space of a few weeks. 所有这一切都发生在几个星期的时间里。There's been a lot of rain in a short space of time . 一会儿时间就下了许多雨。4 [U] time and freedom to do what you want 自由的时间[空间]: She needed space to sort out her life. 她需要私人空间来理顺自己的生活。BREATHING SPACE, OUTER SPACE
space2 also 又作 space outv [T] to arrange objects, events etc so that they have an equal amount of space or time between them 把…均匀地隔开: Space the plants four feet apart. 植株之间要间隔四英尺。
spacespacespacesspacedspacingnoun1(no plural) a place that is big enough for somebody or something to go into or ontosame meaningroom: Is there space for me in your car?2(pluralspaces) an empty place between things: a parking space There is a space here for you to write your name.3(alsoouter space) (no plural) the area outside the Earth's atmosphere where all the other planets and stars are: space travel