| 单词 | earth time |
| 释义 | > as lemmasearth time earth time n. (a) the time during which the earth has been in existence; (b) time as measured on earth. ΚΠ 1857 P. St. G. Cooke Scenes & Adventures in Army xiv. 365 The starry hosts which sang together before the face of God, ere Earth-time began. 1951 A. C. Clarke Sands of Mars ii. 15 We keep normal Earth-time—Greenwich Meridian—aboard the [space-]ship. 2001 J. Robbins Food Revol. iii. xiv. 259 In what by any measure of Earth time is a mere microsecond, we have raised the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere by 25 percent. 2006 Geelong (Austral.) Advertiser (Nexis) 12 Jan. 24 It takes Saturn a little more than 29 years, in Earth time, to orbit the Sun. < as lemmas |
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