hemisphere

【发音】

美 /'hɛmɪsfɪr/ 英 /'hemɪsfɪə/

【翻译】

1. n.半球

   英释:a half of the Earth, especially one of the halves above and below the equator

【记忆】

hemi(半) ＋ sphere(球) → (地球的)半球

【短语】

1. northern hemisphere : 北半球

2. southern hemisphere : 南半球

3. western hemisphere : 西半球

4. cerebral hemisphere : 大脑半球

5. eastern hemisphere : 东半球

【例句】

1. the Northern hemisphere

   北半球

【真题例句】

1. (2017.6 • CET6 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...When the researchers repeated the laboratory experiment on the second and third nights they found the left hemisphere could not be stimulated in the same way during deep sleep...

2. (2017.6 • CET6 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...Researchers from Brown University found that a network in the left hemisphere of the brain “remained more active” than the network in the right side of the brain...

3. (2017.6 • CET6 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...shut down one hemisphere of the brain when they go to sleep...

【同、近义词】

1. n.[天]半球

   semisphere/

【同根词】

1. adj

   hemispherical : 半球的；半球状的

   hemispheric : 半球的，半球形状的