globe

柯林斯词典

1. N-SING You can refer to the world as the globe when you are emphasizing how big it is or that something happens in many different parts of it. 全球
...bottles of beer from every corner of the globe. …一瓶瓶来自全球各个角落的啤酒。
70% of our globe's surface is water. 我们地球表面的70%是水。
2. N-COUNT A globe is a ball-shaped object with a map of the world on it. It is usually fixed on a stand. 地球仪
Three large globes stand on the floor. 地板上立着三个大地球仪。
3. N-COUNT Any ball-shaped object can be referred to as a globe. 球状物
The overhead light was covered now with a white globe. 顶灯现在被一个白色的球状物罩了起来。

a circumnavigation of the globe from west to east
The TV series continues its haphazard meander around the globe - this week it will be in Portugal.
The surge in US share prices reverberated across the globe.
Although she retired from politics five years ago, she still trots around the globe, giving speeches and meeting world leaders .
This event will be watched by an estimated 20 million people around the globe.