| 单词 | earth life |
| 释义 | > as lemmasearth life earth life n. (a) terrestrial as opposed to spiritual existence; (b) life on the planet earth. [After German Erdenleben terrestrial life, especially as opposed to spiritual life (second half of the 18th cent. or earlier); compare Old High German erdlīb, in the same sense, and also Old Saxon erðlīf (in erðlībigiskapu (plural) fates of earthly life).] ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > [noun] > present life worldeOE this lifeOE world-lifeOE sithea1225 journey?c1225 pilgrimagec1384 weeping-dalec1400 valec1446 peregrinationc1475 scene1662 shades1816 earth life1842 macro-world1968 1842 W. Howitt Student-Life Germany v. 93 This is unquestionably the highest misery in this earth-life, if the affairs of God, through guilt, come to a dead pause in their lively developement. 1906 Daily Chron. 28 May 3/4 One brief day—as long as seven years of this earth-life. 1958 New Statesman 15 Mar. 353/2 The spy from Outer Space..will be happy to discover..an authentic smell, that is, of mid-century earth-life in general. 2007 Irish Times (Nexis) 28 June 25 He is the player who will curse the planetary interaction that overlapped his earth life with that of Roger Federer. < as lemmas |
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