中文翻译与英英解释

adj.
1.地球(上)的。
2.地上的(生活等)，人间的 (opp. celestial), 现世的。
3.陆地的，陆生的，陆栖的(动植物)。
n.
1.地球居民。
2.〔pl.〕陆生动[植]物，陆栖动物。
3.〔罕用语〕地球。
短语和例子
the [this] terrestrial globe [ball] 地球。 a terrestrial globe 地球仪。 a terrestrial journey 陆地旅行。 terrestrial aims [interests] 名利心。 terrestrial planets 类地行星。

operating or living or growing on land

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"
同义词：planetary,

of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air
同义词：tellurian, telluric, terrene,

of this earth; "transcendental motives for sublunary actions"; "fleeting sublunary pleasures"; "the nearest to an angelic being that treads this terrestrial ball"
同义词：sublunar, sublunary,

concerned with the world or worldly matters; "mundane affairs"; "he developed an immense terrestrial practicality"
同义词：mundane,

Terrestrial refers to things related to land or the planet Earth.

例句与用法

Aquatic food chains are different from terrestrial ones .
水生食物链不同于陆地食物链。

The gills of fishes are analogous to the lungs in terrestrial animals .
鱼类的鳃与陆上动物的肺类似。

The dark vault surrounded the terrestrial globe as if to crush it .
阴森森的天空罩在地球上，好象要把它压扁似的。

Terrestrial latitude is measured in degrees north or south from the equator .
地球纬度是从赤道向南或向北以度数来表示。

The various theories can be grouped into astronomical and terrestrial hypotheses .
各种理论可以分成天体说和地球说两大类。

For terrestrial communities the principal variables are availability and temperature .
对于陆地群落，最主要是可用性和温度。

There is a perpetual duel in progress between celestial forces and terrestrial interests .
在天公与世尘的利益之间，争执是没得完的。

Concepts that seem likely to contribute to terrestrial agriculture will be identified .
可能对陆生农业作出贡献的一些新概念将得到验证。

Terrestrial longitude is measured in degrees east or west of the greenwich meridian .
地球的经度是被格林威治子午线向东或向西以度数来表示的。

But solar behavior has never been erratic enough to threaten all terrestrial life with extinction .
但是太阳的活动还没有不稳定到威胁所有地球上的生命存在的程度。