universe

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++u·ni·verse /ˈjuːnəvɜːs $ -ɜːrs/ ●●○ W3 noun  1  the universe HAall space, including all the stars and planets 宇宙；天地万物；万象in the universe everything in the universe 宇宙万物2  [countable] a world or an area of space that is different from the one we are in 〔已知宇宙以外的〕宇宙a parallel/an alternative universe 平行/另类宇宙3. be the centre of somebody’s universe to be the most important person or thing to someone 是某人生活的中心4. somebody’s universe a person’s life, including all of the people, places, and ideas which affect them 某人的生活天地

Examples from the Corpus

universe• The particles go off into baby universes that branch off from our universe.• Thus, they believed there must be ten bodies moving about the finite universe.• Archer accepted his wealth as part of the structure of his universe.• I gave the same seminar about the problems of the inflationary universe, just as in Moscow.• Not only does our understanding of the universe change as the centuries go by: it improves.• The Dark Times were again descending over the universe.• The choice of this class of spaces determines what state the universe is in.• Illness would be about disturbances of balance - within individuals, families, and societies in relation to the universe.Origin universe (1300-1400) Latin universum, from universus “whole”, from uni- + versus “turned toward”

u·ni·verse nounChineseSyllable  

including all planets the Corpus all stars space, and

universe
u‧ni‧verse W3 /ˈjuːnəvɜːs, ˈjuːnɪvɜːs $ -ɜːrs/ noun1. the universe all space, including all the stars and planets
    in the universe
    everything in the universe
2. [countable] a world or an area of space that is different from the one we are in
    a parallel/an alternative universe
3. be the centre of sb’s universe to be the most important person or thing to someone
4. sb’s universe a person’s life, including all of the people, places, and ideas which affect them

🔑 uni·verseBrE /ˈjuːnɪvɜːs/ 🔊NAmE /ˈjuːnɪvɜːrs/ 🔊 noun🔑 the universe [singular] the whole of space and everything in it, including the earth, the planets and the stars 宇宙；天地万物；万象◆theories of how the universe began关于宇宙形成的各种理论

daylight, eclipse, equinox, ray, rise, solar, solstice, the sun, twilight, the universe

asteroid, astronomy, comet, constellation, cosmic, galaxy, meteorite, orbit, space, the universe

[countable] a system of stars, planets, etc. in space outside our own （已知宇宙以外的）宇宙◆The idea of a parallel universe is hard to grasp. 平行宇宙的概念是很难理解的。🔊🔊◆(figurative) He lives in a little universe of his own. 他生活在自己的小天地里。🔊🔊 [singular] a particular area of experience or activity （某种）经验（或活动）领域；体系◆the moral universe道德体系