cyberspace

/ˈsaɪbəspeɪs/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈsaɪbərspeɪs/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈsī-bər-ˌspās/ (ame, mw)

cyberspace — noun

1. the imagined, borderless place that exists across the internet and linked comput

1.名詞C1
釋義

the imagined, borderless place that exists across the internet and linked computer systems, in which people can meet strangers, swap ideas, and look things up no matter where they happen to be sitting.

例句

Anong said her shy cousin first made close friends in cyberspace before meeting them.

collocation: find / meet [people] in cyberspace

Rumours about the singer spread across cyberspace within minutes of the concert ending.

pattern: [news/rumours] spread across cyberspace

同義詞
  • the internet

    more neutral and concrete; refers to the actual network rather than the imagined space.

  • the web

    informal; usually means the World Wide Web specifically rather than all online activity.

  • the digital world

    broader; covers all digital technology, not only online networks.

  • the net

    informal short form of the internet; everyday speech.

反義詞
  • the physical world

    the offline, tangible world where people meet in person.

  • real life

    informal contrast often shortened to IRL ('in real life') in online chat.

文法句型

in cyberspace

through cyberspace

用法筆記

Uncountable and almost always used with no article: 'in cyberspace', not 'in the cyberspace' or 'a cyberspace'. The word frames the internet as a metaphorical place, so it pairs naturally with motion or location prepositions (in, into, across, through).

常見錯誤

❌She met her friend in the cyberspace.
✅She met her friend in cyberspace.
💡cyberspace is uncountable and takes no article.
❌Three cyberspaces were attacked by hackers.
✅Three websites were attacked by hackers.
💡cyberspace has no plural; use 'sites', 'networks', or 'platforms' for countable cases.