universe

英 [ˈjuːnɪvɜːs]

美 [ˈjuːnɪvɜːrs]

n. 宇宙; 天地万物; 万象; (已知宇宙以外的)宇宙; (某种)经验体系

复数：universes　

Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.2905 / COCA.2120

牛津词典

noun

宇宙；天地万物；万象
the whole of space and everything in it, including the earth, the planets and the stars
1. theories of how the universe began
  关于宇宙形成的各种理论
（已知宇宙以外的）宇宙
a system of stars, planets, etc. in space outside our own
1. The idea of a parallel universe is hard to grasp.
  认为另有一个平行宇宙的概念是很难理解的。
2. He lives in a little universe of his own.
  他生活在自己的小天地里。
（某种）经验体系
a set of experiences of a particular type
1. the moral universe
  道德体系

N-COUNT 宇宙
The universeis the whole of space and all the stars, planets, and other forms of matter and energy in it.
1. Einstein's equations showed the Universe to be expanding...
  爱因斯坦的方程式表明宇宙正在膨胀。
2. Early astronomers thought that our planet was the centre of the universe.
  早期的天文学家认为我们的星球是宇宙的中心。
N-COUNT 经验领域
If you talk about someone'suniverse, you are referring to the whole of their experience or an important part of it.
1. Good writers suck in what they see of the world, recreating their own universe on the page...
  优秀的作家从他们眼中的世界汲取体验，然后在纸上重塑自己的天地。
2. They marked out the boundaries of our visual universe...
  他们标出了我们视觉经验领域的界限。
3. Behind his eyes was a whole universe of pain.
  他眼神中隐藏着无尽的痛楚。
PHRASE 全天下，宇宙万物中（最）
If you say that something is, for example, the best or biggest thing of its kindin the universe, you are emphasizing that you think it is bigger or better than anything else of its kind.
1. According to my friends I am the coolest, thinnest, cleverest, funniest journalist in the universe.
  我的朋友说我是全天下最酷、最瘦、最聪明、最幽默的记者。

noun

everything stated or assumed in a given discussion
Synonym:universe of discourse
(statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn
1. it is an estimate of the mean of the population
Synonym:population
everything that exists anywhere
1. they study the evolution of the universe
2. the biggest tree in existence
Synonym:existencecreationworldcosmosmacrocosm