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单词 Gaia
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Definition of Gaia in English:

Gaia

proper nounˈɡʌɪəˈɡaɪə
  • 1Greek Mythology
    The Earth personified as a goddess, daughter of Chaos. She was the mother and wife of Uranus (Heaven); their offspring included the Titans and the Cyclops.

    〔希腊神话〕大地女神盖亚(大地的化身,卡俄斯的女儿,乌拉诺斯 天神的母亲和妻子,与乌拉诺斯的后代包括提坦诸神和库克罗普斯)

  • 2The earth viewed as a vast self-regulating organism.

    (被看成是能自行调节的巨大有机体的)地球

    See Gaia hypothesis
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He advocated its use to alter the insect life of earth in order to venture beyond the homeostasis concept to the mythical state of Gaia.
    • If Gaia didn't luck upon the right system for that problem on the first try, things would quickly become grim.
    • Until we do, Gaia, the spirit of the living earth, is an idea to think about rather than an idea to think with.
    • Working in harmony with Nature, our growth and transformation can evolve us beyond Gaia, into the cosmic whole and possibly home.
    • But the life span of Gaia has to be measured in hundreds of millions, even in billions, of years.
    Synonyms
    the natural world, nature, the living world, the world, the earth, the ecosystem, the biosphere, mother nature

Origin

Greek, 'Earth'. Gaia (sense 2) was coined by James Lovelock, at the suggestion of the writer William Golding.

Rhymes

acquire, admire, afire, applier, aspire, attire, ayah, backfire, barbwire, bemire, briar, buyer, byre, choir, conspire, crier, cryer, defier, denier, desire, dire, drier, dryer, dyer, enquire, entire, esquire, expire, fire, flyer, friar, fryer, gyre, hellfire, hire, hiya, ire, Isaiah, jambalaya, Jeremiah, Josiah, Kintyre, latria, liar, lyre, Maia, Maya, Mayer, messiah, mire, misfire, Nehemiah, Obadiah, papaya, pariah, peripeteia, perspire, playa, Praia, prior, pyre, quire, replier, scryer, shire, shyer, sire, skyer, Sophia, spire, squire, supplier, Surabaya, suspire, tier, tire, transpire, trier, tumble-dryer, tyre, Uriah, via, wire, Zechariah, Zedekiah, Zephaniah

Definition of Gaia in US English:

Gaia

proper nounˈɡīəˈɡaɪə
  • 1Greek Mythology
    The Earth personified as a goddess, daughter of Chaos. She was the mother and wife of Uranus (Heaven); their offspring included the Titans and the Cyclopes.

    〔希腊神话〕大地女神盖亚(大地的化身,卡俄斯的女儿,乌拉诺斯 天神的母亲和妻子,与乌拉诺斯的后代包括提坦诸神和库克罗普斯)

  • 2The earth viewed as a vast self-regulating organism.

    (被看成是能自行调节的巨大有机体的)地球

    See Gaia hypothesis
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He advocated its use to alter the insect life of earth in order to venture beyond the homeostasis concept to the mythical state of Gaia.
    • Until we do, Gaia, the spirit of the living earth, is an idea to think about rather than an idea to think with.
    • If Gaia didn't luck upon the right system for that problem on the first try, things would quickly become grim.
    • Working in harmony with Nature, our growth and transformation can evolve us beyond Gaia, into the cosmic whole and possibly home.
    • But the life span of Gaia has to be measured in hundreds of millions, even in billions, of years.
    Synonyms
    the natural world, nature, the living world, the world, the earth, the ecosystem, the biosphere, mother nature

Origin

Greek, ‘Earth’. Gaia (sense 2) was coined by James Lovelock, at the suggestion of the writer William Golding.

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