Ground

(noun.) (art) the surface (as a wall or canvas) prepared to take the paint for a painting.

(noun.) a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage).

(noun.) a relatively homogeneous percept extending back of the figure on which attention is focused.

(noun.) a position to be won or defended in battle (or as if in battle); 'they gained ground step by step'; 'they fought to regain the lost ground'.

(verb.) instruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject.

(verb.) connect to a ground; 'ground the electrical connections for safety reasons'.

(verb.) place or put on the ground.

(verb.) confine or restrict to the ground; 'After the accident, they grounded the plane and the pilot'.

(verb.) hit or reach the ground.

(verb.) bring to the ground; 'the storm grounded the ship'.

(verb.) hit onto the ground.

(verb.) hit a groundball; 'he grounded to the second baseman'.

(verb.) throw to the ground in order to stop play and avoid being tackled behind the line of scrimmage.

阿诺德手打

• She laughed, and the Major did too, at his droll figure on donkey-back, with his long legs touching the ground. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• The ground was torn up and in front of my head there was a splintered beam of wood. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• Placing one end of my harness strap in his hands I lowered him quickly to the ground below. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• The coloring substances are pulverized and the mixture ground. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• I vaulted to the ground below and ran swiftly toward the advancing party. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• He looked vacantly upon the crowd, and fell heavily to the ground. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• The camera obscura consisted of a box with a lens at one end and a ground glass at the other, just like a modern camera. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• A short walk brought us to a secluded road fringed with pleasant houses, each standing in its own grounds. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• The grounds were more than an acre and a quarter in extent, and they were filled with people! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• She must be persuaded to tell us, or she must be forced to tell us, on what grounds she bases her belief that you took the Moonstone. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Tell me what it is, explain the grounds on which you acted, and I shall be satisfied, in being able to satisfy you. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• It was really very large and beautiful and there were fine trees in the grounds. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• I offered the lady marriage, but she refused it on the grounds that such a match might mar my career. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• As it was, I met him with the most resolute politeness, apologised for my involuntary intrusion (which he called a trespass,) and left the grounds. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Ivanhoe expressed great repugnance to this plan, which he grounded on unwillingness to give farther trouble to his benefactors. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• The military feelings, says James, are too deeply grounded to abdicate their place among our ideals until better substitutes are offered . 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• The whole of his behaviour, replied Elinor, from the beginning to the end of the affair, has been grounded on selfishness. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• And I believe, upon a strict inquiry, those quarrels might be shown as ill-grounded among us as they are among that people. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• I use this crude example because it shows that even the most genuine and deeply grounded demands are as yet unable to free themselves entirely from a superficial manner of thinking. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• The ferry-boat came over, however, without his receiving any sign, and when it grounded his master took him by the collar and walked him into it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• The boat, when it did come, grounded on a sand-bar a few miles below where we were in camp. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The burning mass, however, floated down to Carthage before grounding, as did also one of the barges in tow. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The other end of the secondary is connected with the grounding wire. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.

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