tellurian
发音
How to pronounce tellurian in British English:
英 [te'ljʊərɪən]
How to pronounce tellurian in American English:
美 [te'lʊrɪrn]
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- Noun:
- an inhabitant of the earth
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- Adjective:
- of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air
单词词源
- tellurian (adj.)
- "pertaining to the earth," 1846, from -ian + Latin tellus (genitive telluris) "earth, land, ground; the earth" (related to Tellus, Roman goddess of the earth), from PIE root *tel- "ground, floor" (cognates: Lithuanian telinat "spread out, flat," Sanskrit talam "plain, sole of the foot," Old Church Slavonic tilo "floor," Greek telia "dice board," Old Irish talam "earth," Old Norse þilja, Middle Dutch dele "plank"). As a noun, "inhabitant of Earth" (with reference to supposed inhabitants of other worlds) from 1847.
双语例句
- 1. Tall 3 geography always review tellurian biology soil and nature to take special subject to check integratedly .