词汇 | space |
释义 | SPACE open something up to make something less congested.They opened the yard up by cutting out a lot of old shrubbery.We opened up the room by taking the piano out. take up space and take up room to fill or occupy space. (Note the variations in the examples.)The piano is taking up too much room in our living room.John, you're not being any help at all. You're just taking up space. space out and space Theme: SILLINESS in. to become giddy; to become disoriented.She is spacing again. She doesn't even know where she is.I spaced out after the long climb. space 1. noun 1 a mental attitude or position UK, 1971. 2 a year, especially a year in prison US, 1950 2. verb to daydream; to wander off mentally US, 1995 space out 1. be spaced out informal someone who is spaced out cannot think clearly, for example because they have been taking drugs, or they feel very tired: That Saturday I was fine until the afternoon. Then I began to feel totally spaced out. Dana Carvey and Mike Meyers play the two spaced-out hosts of "Wayne's World".2. be spaced out informal something that is spaced out seems very strange and unusual, like something that you might experience when you have been taking drugs: Some of the songs were really spaced out, and I couldn't make out any of the lyrics.3. space out sth • space sth out to arrange objects or events so that there is an equal amount of space or a period of time between them: Periods of practice should be spaced out with short rest periods in between. The trees were spaced out in a formal pattern. Horowitz had spoken quietly, the words spaced out.4. space out AmE informal to stop paying attention and just look at something without thinking, especially because you are tired or bored or have taken drugs: I totally spaced out during the meeting and didn't hear the details about our next project.5. space out sth • space sth out informal, especially AmE to forget something for a short time: Tina spaced out her doctor's appointment and had to ask for a new one. spaceverbSee space out
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