terrestrial
terrestrial 英 [təˈrestriəl] 美 [təˈrɛstriəl]
adj. 地球的；陆地的，[生物] 陆生的；人间的 n. 陆地生物；地球上的人
名词复数:terrestrials
- Not straying far from its Latin root terra meaning "earth," terrestrial means "of the earth." If it's terrestrial, you'll find it on earth. If it's extraterrestrial, you'll find it emerging from a UFO.
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- adj. 地球的；陆地的，[生物] 陆生的；人间的
- n. 陆地生物；地球上的人
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1. But the team found that on the Moon it was about 25 times that of the terrestrial chlorine isotope ratio.
但是研究团队发现在月球上氯的同位素的比率大约是地球上的25倍。
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2. Forests are home to over 80% of terrestrial biodiversity.
森林是80%以上陆地生物多样性的家园。
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3. Available via terrestrial signals, satellite and cable, digital broadcasting will herald an explosion in the number of available channels.
通过陆地信号，卫星和电缆，数字式的广播将在可收到的频道的数量上带来一次大爆炸。
- terrestrial (adj.) late 14c., "of or pertaining to the earth," with + -al (1) + from Latin terrestris "earthly, of the earth, on land," from terra "earth" (from PIE root *ters- "to dry"). Originally opposed to celestial; natural history sense of "living on land" is attested from 1630s. The noun meaning "a human being, a mortal" is recorded from 1590s.
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