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单词 terrestrial
释义 terrestrial
 —terrestrially,  adv.  
 /teuh res"tree euhl/,  adj.  
  1. pertaining to, consisting of, or representing the earth as distinct from other planets.
  2. of or pertaining to land as distinct from water.
  3.  Bot.  
   a. growing on land; not aquatic.
   b. growing in the ground; not epiphytic or aerial.
  4.  Zool.   living on or in the ground; not aquatic, arboreal, or aerial.
  5. of or pertaining to the earth or this world; worldly; mundane.
  n.  
  6. an inhabitant of the earth, esp. a human being.
 [1400-50; late ME < L terrestri(s) pertaining to earth (deriv. of terra earth) + -AL1]
 Syn. 1. terrene. See earthly.
 Ant. 1. celestial.
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