terrestrial

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /tɪˈɹɛstɹɪ.əl/    美 /tɪˈɹɛstɹɪ.əl/|/təˈɹɛstɹɪ.əl/|/tɪˈɹestɹɪ.əl/|/təˈɹestɹɪ.əl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A ground-dwelling plant.
  2. Alternative letter-case form of Terrestrial (“Inhabitant of Earth”). alt-of
    — It will be manifest that natural scenery must present many beautiful varieties of effect altogether unfamiliar to us terrestrials, who know of no colours in scenery except those inherent in the objects themselves which form the landscape.
形容词 adj.
  1. Of, relating to, or inhabiting the land of the Earth or its inhabitants, earthly. not-comparable
    — Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field.
  2. Of, relating to, or composed of land or earth. not-comparable
    — quoted in 2022, C. F. G. Clark, The Curiosities of Dudley and the Black Country […] yet this stone [Cannock] is so Sulphurious and Terrestrial, not fit to make Iron; […]
  3. Living or growing in or on land (as opposed to other habitat); not aquatic, not holoepiphytic, etc. not-comparable
    — a terrestrial plant
  4. Of a planet, being composed primarily of silicate rocks or metals; see also terrestrial planet. not-comparable
  5. Concerned with the world or worldly matters. not-comparable
    — A genius bright and base, / Of towering talents, and terrestrial aims.
  6. Of or pertaining to the second highest degree of glory. Mormonism,not-comparable
    — We are now living and obeying celestial laws that will make us candidates for celestial glory; or we are living terrestrial laws that will make us candidates for terrestrial glory; or telestial.
  7. Broadcast using radio waves as opposed to satellite or cable. not-comparable

词形变化

terrestrials plural

词汇关系

近义词
earthly planetary tellurian telluric Terran terrene rocky
反义词
aerial aquatic arboreal epiphytic celestial spiritual
下位词
subterrestrial superterrestrial supraterrestrial
衍生词
aeroterrestrial circumterrestrial euterrestrial extraterrestrial fluvioterrestrial hyperterrestrial intraterrestrial juxtaterrestrial limnoterrestrial nonterrestrial preterrestrial semiterrestrial telestial terrestrial albedo terrestrial branch Terrestrial Dynamical Time terrestrial guenon terrestrialism terrestriality terrestrialization terrestrialize terrestrially terrestrial navigation terrestrialness terrestrial planet terrestrial telescope Terrestrial Time ultraterrestrial unterrestrial

词源

词源 1
From Middle English terrestrialle, from terrestre or Latin terrestris, from terra (“land, earth, ground”), with the suffix -al.
词源 2
From Middle English terrestrialle, from terrestre or Latin terrestris, from terra (“land, earth, ground”), with the suffix -al.
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