hemisphere
noun /ˈhemɪsfɪə(r)/
/ˈhemɪsfɪr/
- one half of the earth, especially the half above or below the equator
(地球的)半球;(尤指)北半球,南半球 - the northern/southern hemisphere
北半球;南半球 - In the northern hemisphere, December is a winter month.
在北半球,12月是冬季。
WordfinderTopics Geographyb2- climate
- earth
- equator
- equinox
- hemisphere
- International Date Line
- latitude
- map
- planet
- tropic
- the northern/southern hemisphere
- (also cerebral hemisphere)either half of the brain
(大脑的)半球 - the left/right hemisphere of the brain
大脑的左/右半球
- the left/right hemisphere of the brain
- one half of a sphere (= a round solid object)
Topics Colours and Shapesc1(球体的)半球
词源late Middle English (in the sense ‘half the celestial sphere, the sky’): from Old French emisphere, via Latin from Greek hēmisphairion, from hēmi- ‘half’ + sphaira ‘sphere’.