英语词汇“Tellus”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Tellus

/ˈtɛləs/

noun

1The goddess of the earth in Roman mythology.

The personified form may be imagined as either female or (less commonly) male. The Roman deity is occasionally also imagined as male..

2The planet earth. Formerly also: †the earth, the ground (obsolete ).

In later use chiefly in Science Fiction contexts..

Origin

Late Middle English; earliest use found in John Lydgate (c1370–c1449), poet and prior of Hatfield Regis. From classical Latin tellūs earth, ground, also personified as a goddess, planet earth from the same Indo-European base as theal.

单词	Tellus
释义	Tellus /ˈtɛləs/ noun 1The goddess of the earth in Roman mythology. The personified form may be imagined as either female or (less commonly) male. The Roman deity is occasionally also imagined as male.. 2The planet earth. Formerly also: †the earth, the ground (obsolete ). In later use chiefly in Science Fiction contexts.. Origin Late Middle English; earliest use found in John Lydgate (c1370–c1449), poet and prior of Hatfield Regis. From classical Latin tellūs earth, ground, also personified as a goddess, planet earth from the same Indo-European base as theal.
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