in the earth

基本解釋

A deep hole in the earth gaped before us.
我們面前的地上裂開了一個深坑。
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The grape should be heled in the earth in winter.
冬天要把葡萄藤埋入土中以過冬。
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It's part of the East African Rift Valley, a massive tear in the earth's surface, thousands of miles long.
它屬于東非大裂谷的一部分；大裂谷在地球表面一道巨大的深裂地形，綿延數(shù)千英里之長。

One argument against the comet theory is that a comet would have left a large hole in the Earth's surface.
But the Lady is hoarding that natural gift just as that unprofitable servant had buried his talent in the earth.
但小姐隱藏了大自然的禮物,就好像仆人在世上埋沒了他的才華。
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This is how this logic goes -- we are all familiar with this: our body remains to molder in the earth or welter in the ocean , but our incorporeal spirit rises to heaven where it can enjoy an ethereal, a bodiless, world of eternity.
就是這種邏輯--我們都熟悉這個：,我們的肉體在地下或是海底歸于腐朽,但靈魂卻會升入天堂,在那里享受無形的永生。
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Three logs had been lashed together and planted in the earth as a crude little fence.
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