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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 4956 COCA: 3956

gravity

gravity /ˈgrævəti/ noun
gravity
/ˈgrævəti/
noun
Learner's definition of GRAVITY
[noncount]
: a very serious quality or condition : the condition of being grave or serious嚴重;莊嚴;嚴肅
technical : the natural force that tends to cause physical things to move towards each other : the force that causes things to fall towards the Earth引力;地心引力;重力
see also center of gravity
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 4956 COCA: 3956

gravity

noun

grav·​i·​ty ˈgra-və-tē How to pronounce gravity (audio)
plural gravities
often attributive
1
a
: dignity or sobriety of bearing
a person of gravity and learning
b
: importance, significance
especially : seriousness
the gravity of the offense
c
: a serious situation or problem
2
: weight
3
a(1)
: the gravitational attraction of the mass of the earth, the moon, or a planet for bodies at or near its surface
(2)
: a fundamental physical force that is responsible for interactions which occur because of mass between particles, between aggregations of matter (such as stars and planets), and between particles (such as photons) and aggregations of matter, that is 10-39 times the strength of the strong force, and that extends over infinite distances but is dominant over macroscopic distances especially between aggregations of matter

called also gravitation, gravitational force

compare electromagnetism sense 2a, strong force, weak force

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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 4956 COCA: 3956
gravity

noun¹

1natural force重力ADJECTIVE | VERB + GRAVITY | GRAVITY + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVElow, weak, zero低引力;弱引力;零引力the weak gravity on the moon月球上的微弱引力strong強引力VERB + GRAVITYdefy挑戰引力The building leans so much that it seems to defy gravity.這幢大樓傾斜得很厲害,似乎在挑戰地球引力的存在。GRAVITY + VERBpull sth引力拉⋯Gravity pulls objects together.引力的作用使物體聚在一起。bend sth引力使⋯彎曲Gravity bends light like a lens.引力像透鏡一樣使光線彎曲。PREPOSITIONby gravity憑藉引力The water flows from the tank by gravity to the houses below.水箱裏的水由於引力的作用流到下面的房子裏。PHRASEScentre/center of gravity (often figurative) 引力的中心;重心a low centre / center of gravity低重心The world's economic centre / center of gravity is shifting east.世界的經濟重心向東轉移。the force of gravity引力作用the law of gravity, the laws of gravity萬有引力定律
gravity

noun²

2seriousness嚴重性ADJECTIVE | VERB + GRAVITY | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEextreme極其嚴重I don't think you realize the extreme gravity of the situation.我認為你沒有認識到局勢的極端嚴重性。VERB + GRAVITYappreciate, realize, understand理解/意識到/明白嚴重性PREPOSITIONwith gravity嚴重地The threat is not being treated with the gravity it deserves.恐嚇沒有得到應有的重視。

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