| 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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