单词 | terrene |
释义 | terreneadj.n. A. adj. 1. Belonging to the earth or to this world; earthly; worldly, secular, temporal, material, human (as opposed to heavenly, eternal, spiritual, divine): = terrestrial adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > [adjective] earthlyOE netherOE lowc1225 terrene13.. terrestre1340 temporalc1380 earthyc1429 terrestrialc1460 inferial?a1475 mundanec1475 mundial1499 earthish?1533 terrenala1555 terreal1598 terrestrene1599 sublunary1609 sublunar1610 mundal1614 temporarya1616 earth-born1626 terranean1653 circumterraneous1678 subcelestial1706 terraneousa1711 terrean1714 terrigenal1744 subastral1752 geotic1755 tellurian1786 worldly1812 telluric1813 transglobal1953 α. β. a1450 Knt. de la Tour (1906) 4 And yeuithe longe lyff and stont in this terreyn and wordly thing [Fr. choses mondaines et terriennes] like as hym lust.1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil Abridgem. Notable Worke iv. v. 89 To declare that thei oughte to reiect terrein and yearthly substaunce.1576 R. Hill in E. Farr Sel. Poetry Reign Elizabeth (1845) II. 305 You worldly wights, that haue your fancies fixt On slipper ioy of terraine pleasures here.γ. 1579 W. Wilkinson Confut. Familye of Loue f. 17v Our earthly and terren nature.1620 J. Wilkinson Treat. Statutes conc. Coroners & Sherifes (new ed.) 140 True faith and loialtie you shal beare of life, member, and terren honour.1637 T. Heywood Dial. v, in Wks. (1874) VI. 200 Bury the thoughts of all such terren drosse.13.. K. Alis. 5685 Paradys terrene is riȝth in þe Est. 1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. cciiiv From terrene Lucre that day withdrawe thy mynde. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke i. f. 17 All terrene or yearthly Kyngdomes. 1563 2nd Tome Homelyes Sacrament i, in J. Griffiths Two Bks. Homilies (1859) ii. 443 Not as especially regarding the terene and earthly creatures which remain. a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iii. xiii. 156 Alacke our Terrene Moone is now Eclipst. View more context for this quotation 1630 J. Taylor Vrania xxxii To keepe their Queene secure from terrene treason. 1635 F. Quarles Emblemes iv. i. 186 The common Period of terrene conceit. 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 301 They are in apparition terrhene Idolls. a1711 T. Ken Preparatives for Death in Wks. (1721) IV. 80 With zeal wash your own spirit clean From all concupiscence terrene. 1844 E. B. Browning Catarina to Camoens xix Whatsoever eyes terrene Be the sweetest his have seen. 1865 A. C. Swinburne Atalanta in Calydon 525 Nearer than their life of terrene days. 2. Of the nature of earth (the substance); earthy. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > [adjective] earthlya1398 earthya1398 terrene1601 soily1747 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. ii. c. 44 Because ouermuch of the drie terrene element is mingled in it. 1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica i. ii. 11 Here the soil is generally terrene or earthy. 1808 C. Vancouver Gen. View Agric. Devon xi. 301 Combined with the finest particles of terrene matter the tidal waters could hold in suspension. 1863 J. G. Murphy Crit. Comm. Bk. Gen. (i. 2) 38 The..aerial, aqueous, and terrene materials of the pre-ëxistent earth. 3. Occurring on or inhabiting the land as opposed to water: = terrestrial adj. 5. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > [adjective] > occurring on terrestrian1608 terrestrial1638 terrestrious1646 terrene1661 shore-going1833 onshore1896 land-based1933 1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia Isagoge sig. B5 Members common with the terrene quadrupedes. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth I. 17 These [sc. shells]..are considered as substances entirely terrene. 1854 D. Brewster More Worlds iv. 86 In any terrene vertebrate. 4. Of or pertaining to the earth (as a planet): = terrestrial adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > earth > [adjective] earthya1398 subcelestial1561 terrestrial1597 sublunary1609 beneatha1616 terrene1635 subsidereal1636 under-celestial1640 subsolar1648 subsolary1661 planetary1831 earthside1951 Terran1953 1635 J. Swan Speculum Mundi v. §2. 116 That the nature of the place above the Moon doth sufficiently denie the ascent of any terrene Exhalation. 1702 V. Mandey tr. J. J. Hainlin Synopsis Mathematica: Geogr. ii. x. 595 (heading) Of the Dimension of the Terrene Globe. B. n. 1. The earth, the world. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > [noun] all the worldeOE mouldOE worldOE earthOE earthricheOE foldOE worldricheOE motherOE wonec1275 mound?a1300 wildernessa1340 mappemondea1393 lower worlda1398 the whole worlda1513 orba1550 the (also this) globe1553 the earthly globe1553 mother earth1568 the glimpses of the moon1603 universe1630 outer world1661 terrene1667 Orphic egg1684 Midgard1770 all outdoors1833 Planet Earth1858 overworld1911 Spaceship Earth1966 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 78 Many a Province wide Tenfold the length of this terrene . View more context for this quotation 1735 W. Somervile Chace iv. 16 The teeming rav'nous Brutes Might fill the scanty Space of this Terrene. 1830 W. Phillips Mt. Sinai ii. 474 The vast terrene, Hereby deep shaken to its extremest bounds. 2. A land or territory; also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > [noun] landc725 kithc888 thedec888 earthOE groundOE foldOE countryc1300 marchc1330 nationc1330 wonec1330 provincea1382 soila1400 strandc1400 terragec1440 room1468 limita1513 limitationa1527 seat1535 terrene1863 negara1955 negeri1958 1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters ix. 215 That rich terrene of anthology, the pages of Shakespeare. 1894 R. J. Hinton in Voice (N.Y.) 18 Oct. 3/5 The conservation..of our..whole terrene—may yet be found through irrigation. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.13.. |
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