terrestrial
英 [t?'restr??l]
美[t?'r?str??l]
- adj. 地球的；陸地的，[生物] 陸生的；人間的
- n. 陸地生物；地球上的人
英英釋意
- 1. of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air
- 2. of or relating to or characteristic of the planet Earth or its inhabitants;
- "planetary rumblings and eructations"- L.C.Eiseley
- "the planetary tilt"
- "this terrestrial ball"
- 3. operating or living or growing on land
- 4. concerned with the world or worldly matters;
- "mundane affairs"
- "he developed an immense terrestrial practicality"
- 5. of this earth;
- "transcendental motives for sublunary actions"
- "fleeting sublunary pleasures"
- "the nearest to an angelic being that treads this terrestrial ball"
