English Dictionary

space

/speɪs/

verb

(obsolete, intransitive) To roam, walk, wander. / (transitive) To set some distance apart. / To insert or utilise spaces in a written text.

The astronaut will spacewalk outside the International Space Station.

意味（1）

(obsolete, intransitive) To roam, walk, wander.

But she as Fayes are wont, in priuie place / Did spend her dayes, and lov'd in forests wyld to space.

意味（2）

(transitive) To set some distance apart.

Faye had spaced the pots at 8-inch intervals on the windowsill.

意味（3）

To insert or utilise spaces in a written text.

This paragraph seems badly spaced.

意味（4）

(transitive, science fiction) To eject into outer space, usually without a space suit.

The captain spaced the traitors.

意味（5）

(intransitive, science fiction) To travel into and through outer space.

He well remembered, when he was a junior officer, how the sight of a well dressed, impeccably neat commanding officer, no matter how long they had been spacing, maintained the enthusiasm, confidence and morale of the officers and men.