late 14c., hemysperie, in reference to the celestial sphere, from Latin hemisphaerium, from Greek hemisphairion, from hemi- "half" (see hemi-) + sphaira "sphere" (see sphere). Spelling reformed 16c. Of the Earth, from 1550s; of the brain, 1804.
雙語例句
1. This animal is to be found only in the Southern Hemisphere.
這種動物隻有在南半球才能找到.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. Your left cerebral hemisphere controls the right - hand side of your body.
你的左半腦控製身體的右半身.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. They say God spoke to them and told them to go on a mission to the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere.
他們說上帝讓他們去西半球最貧困的國家傳播教義。
來自柯林斯例句
4. Other growers in the northern hemisphere have planted less.
而北半球小麥生產國種植麵積較少。
來自辭典例句
5. In most people, the left hemisphere is bigger than the right.