Field

(noun.) a particular kind of commercial enterprise; 'they are outstanding in their field'.

(noun.) the area that is visible (as through an optical instrument).

(noun.) all the competitors in a particular contest or sporting event.

(noun.) all of the horses in a particular horse race.

(noun.) (mathematics) a set of elements such that addition and multiplication are commutative and associative and multiplication is distributive over addition and there are two elements 0 and 1; 'the set of all rational numbers is a field'.

(noun.) (computer science) a set of one or more adjacent characters comprising a unit of information.

(noun.) a region in which active military operations are in progress; 'the army was in the field awaiting action'; 'he served in the Vietnam theater for three years'.

(noun.) somewhere (away from a studio or office or library or laboratory) where practical work is done or data is collected; 'anthropologists do much of their work in the field'.

(noun.) a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed; 'he planted a field of wheat'.

(noun.) a geographic region (land or sea) under which something valuable is found; 'the diamond fields of South Africa'.

(noun.) the space around a radiating body within which its electromagnetic oscillations can exert force on another similar body not in contact with it.

(verb.) select (a team or individual player) for a game; 'The Buckeyes fielded a young new quarterback for the Rose Bowl'.

(verb.) answer adequately or successfully; 'The lawyer fielded all questions from the press'.

(verb.) play as a fielder.

(verb.) catch or pick up (balls) in baseball or cricket.

校对:玛克辛

• Legree, in a fury, swore she should be put to field service, if she would not be peaceable. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• As I had had some previous experience with the statements of mining men, I concluded I would just send down a small plant and prospect the field before putting up a large one. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• He knows how vast the field is, and how many paths constantly beckon him. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• To Gerald, the smallish, odd figure of the German was distinct and objective, as if seen through field glasses. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• The mind acquires through language a field of activity independent of the objective world. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• When used in the field they were dragged about by many yokes of oxen. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The battle-field was so densely covered with forest that but little could be seen, by any one person, as to the progress made. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Fields, trees, and hedges, seemed to rush past them with the velocity of a whirlwind, so rapid was the pace at which they tore along. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Its destination was the old church of Saint Pancras, far off in the fields. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Paths, hedges, fields, houses, and trees, were enveloped in one deep shade. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• It is used by food manufacturers and performs highly important functions in certain commercial fields. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• When they present themselves in Lincoln's Inn Fields, Mr. Tulkinghorn is engaged and not to be seen. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• It went on straight toward the town across the low fields. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• A great crowd assembles in Lincoln's Inn Fields on the day of the funeral. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Fielding tells us that man is fire, and woman tow, and the Prince of Darkness sets a light to 'em. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• We find such active-minded English writers as Defoe (1659-1731) and Fielding (1707-54) deeply exercised by this problem. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• They say he is like Fielding: they talk of his wit, humour, comic powers. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• He resembles Fielding as an eagle does a vulture: Fielding could stoop on carrion, but Thackeray never does. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.

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