earthling
英 ['??θl??]
美['?θl??]
- n. 世人，俗人；凡人，居住在地球上的人
詞態(tài)變化
復數(shù):?earthlings;
中文詞源
earthling 地球人
earth, 地球，土地。-ling, 小，見underling.
英文詞源
- earthling (n.)
- Old English yrtling "plowman" (see earth + -ling); the sense of "inhabitant of the earth" is from 1590s and might be a re-formation, as the word seems to be missing in Middle English. Compare earthman. Earlier in this sense was earthite (1825).
雙語例句
- 1. Protecting the earth our homestead is an unshirkable duty for every earthling.
- 保護地球家園,是每一位在世者義不容辭的責任.
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- 2. He formed his own stylelish in his creation, leaving lots of elegant music to the earthling.
- 他在創(chuàng)作中形成了自己的風格, 給世人留下了許多優(yōu)美的樂曲.
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