英汉词典

1. 地;田;牧场
    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.

    e.g. ...a field of wheat...
           麦田
    e.g. They went for walks together in the fields.
           他们一起在田野里漫步。

2. 运动场;球场
    A sports field is an area of grass where sports are played.

    e.g. ...a football field...
           足球场
    e.g. He was the fastest thing I ever saw on a baseball field...
           他是我在棒球场上见过的跑得最快的家伙。

3. 矿产地;矿田
    A field is an area of land or sea bed under which large amounts of a particular mineral have been found.

    e.g. ...an extensive natural gas field in Alaska.
           阿拉斯加一个巨大的天然气田

4. (磁、引力或电)场
    A magnetic, gravitational, or electric field is the area in which that particular force is strong enough to have an effect.

    e.g. Some people are worried that electromagnetic fields from electric power lines could increase the risk of cancer.
           有些人担心输电线的电磁场可能增加致癌几率。

5. 专业;学科;领域
    A particular field is a particular subject of study or type of activity.

    e.g. Exciting artistic breakthroughs have recently occurred in the fields of painting, sculpture and architecture...
           绘画、雕塑和建筑领域最近出现了激动人心的艺术突破。
    e.g. Each of the authors of the tapes is an expert in his field.
           每盘磁带的撰稿人都是其研究领域的专家。

6. 字段;信息组;栏
    A field is an area of a computer's memory or a program where data can be entered, edited, or stored.

    e.g. Go to a site like Yahoo! Finance and enter 'AOL' in the Get Quotes field.
           登录诸如“雅虎财经”这样的站点，在“股票行情”栏输入“美国在线”。

7. 战场;战地
    You can refer to the area where fighting or other military action in a war takes place as the field or the field of battle .

    e.g. We never defeated them on the field of battle.
           我们从未在战场上打败过他们。
    e.g. ...the need for politicians to leave day-to-day decisions to commanders in the field.
           政治家允许战地指挥官自主做出日常决定的必要

8. 视野;视域
    Your field of vision or your visual field is the area that you can see without turning your head.

    e.g. Our field of vision is surprisingly wide.
           我们的视野出人意料地开阔。

9. (体育比赛的)所有参赛者，出场阵容
    The field is a way of referring to all the competitors taking part in a particular race or sports contest.

    e.g. Going into the fourth lap, the two most broadly experienced riders led the field...
           进入第四圈时，两名身经百战的骑手开始领先。
    e.g. The field were so close that they would have caught us if I hadn't begun the sprint.
           其他参赛选手紧随身后，如果不是我开始冲刺，他们就会赶上我们了。

10. 实地;野外
    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.

    e.g. I also conducted a field study among the boys about their attitude to relationships...
           我还对男孩子们进行了一项有关两性关系态度的实地调查。
    e.g. Our teachers took us on field trips to observe plants and animals, firsthand...
           老师带我们去野游，对动植物进行实地观察。

11. (在板球、棒球或圆场棒球中)防守，担任守队
      In a game of cricket, baseball, or rounders, the team that is fielding is trying to catch the ball, while the other team is trying to hit it.

      e.g. When we are fielding, the umpires keep looking at the ball.
             我们防守的时候，裁判们一直看着球。