field /fiːld/ CET4 TEM4 ( fielding, fielded, fields )

• 1. 

  N-COUNT A field is an area of grass, for example, in a park or on a farm. A field is also an area of land on which a crop is grown. 草地; 田地

  例：

  ...a field of wheat.

  …一片麦田。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT A sports field is an area of grass where sports are played. 运动场

• 3. 

  N-COUNT A field is an area of land or sea bed under which large amounts of a particular mineral have been found. 矿田

  例：

  ...an extensive natural gas field in Alaska.

  …阿拉斯加的一个巨大的天然气田。

• 4. 

  N-COUNT A magnetic, gravitational, or electric field is the area in which that particular force is strong enough to have an effect. 场

  例：

  Some people are worried that electromagnetic fields from electric power lines could increase the risk of cancer.

  一些人担心电源线的电磁场可能增加患癌症的风险。

• 5. 

  N-COUNT A particular field is a particular subject of study or type of activity. 领域

  例：

  Each of the authors of the tapes is an expert in his field.

  这些磁带的每一位作者都是其领域内的专家。

• 6. 

  N-COUNT A field is an area of a computer's memory or a program where data can be entered, edited, or stored. 字段 [计算机]

  例：

  Go to a site like Yahoo! Finance and enter "AOL" in the Get Quotes field.

  登录雅虎财经那样的一个网站，在报价栏输入“AOL”。

• 7. 

  N-COUNT Your field of vision or your visual field is the area that you can see without turning your head. 视野

  例：

  Our field of vision is surprisingly wide.

  我们的视野令人惊奇地广阔。

• 8. 

  N-COUNT-COLL The field is a way of referring to all the competitors taking part in a particular race or sports contest. 所有参赛者

  例：

  Going into the fourth lap, the two most broadly experienced riders led the field.

  进入第4圈时，那两名经验最丰富的骑手领先。

• 9. 

  ADJ You use field to describe work or study that is done in a real, natural environment rather than in a theoretical way or in controlled conditions. 现场的; 实地的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  I also conducted a field study among the boys about their attitude to relationships.

  我也在男生中进行了一项有关他们对人际关系态度的实地调查。

• 10. 

  V-I In a game of baseball or cricket, the team that is fielding is trying to catch the ball, while the other team is trying to hit it. 防守 [usu cont]

  例：

  When we are fielding, the umpires keep looking at the ball.

  当我们在防守时，裁判们都盯紧了球。

• 11. 

  V-T If you say that someone fields a question, you mean that they answer it or deal with it, usually successfully. 成功应对 [journalism]

  例：

  He was later shown on television, fielding questions.

  他后来在电视上露了面，答复那些问题。

• 12. 

  V-T If a sports team fields a particular number or type of players, the players are chosen to play for the team on a particular occasion. 使参赛

  例：

  We're going to field an exciting and younger team.

  我们将选派一支令人振奋的较年轻队伍上场。

• 13. 

  V-T If a candidate in an election is representing a political party, you can say that the party is fielding that candidate. 使参加竞选 [journalism]

  例：

  There are signs that the new party aims to field candidates in elections scheduled for February next year.

  有迹象表明，该新党计划为明年2月的选举提名候选人。

• 14. 

  → see also minefield, playing field