terrestrial

英 [tə'restrɪəl] 美[tə'rɛstrɪəl]

• 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

1. of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air

2. of or relating to or characteristic of the planet Earth or its inhabitants;

"planetary rumblings and eructations"- L.C.Eiseley

"the planetary tilt"

"this terrestrial ball"

3. operating or living or growing on land

4. concerned with the world or worldly matters;

"mundane affairs"

"he developed an immense terrestrial practicality"

5. of this earth;

"transcendental motives for sublunary actions"

"fleeting sublunary pleasures"

"the nearest to an angelic being that treads this terrestrial ball"