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。