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词汇 terrene
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Definition of terrene in English:

terrene

adjective tɛˈriːn
archaic
  • 1Of or like earth.

    〈古〉土(质)的

    terrene dust
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Mark while I build from out this terrene dust, a structure that shall witness and withstand Time's ravages and rust.
    Synonyms
    terrestrial, telluric, tellurian
    1. 1.1 Occurring on or inhabiting dry land.
      发生于(或居住于)陆地的
      a terrene vertebrate
      Example sentencesExamples
      • But if the doctrine of the human form brings unity to our conceptions of mankind, and sees the terrene man as a globe of societies and churches, its effects upon moral philosophy are not less important, for it embraces kindreds and tongues in one fraternal whole.
      • Myers believed that telepathy and telaesthesia ‘cannot have been acquired by natural selection, for the preservation of the race, during the process or terrene evolution’.
      • She does not speak as do elves, men, dwarves, and other mortal terrene creatures.
      • The initially created ‘globe of terrene and aqueous particles, mingled in confusion and commotion’ would naturally, under the laws of gravity, instantly begin to precipitate strata on the universal ocean bottom.
    2. 1.2 Of the world; secular rather than spiritual.
      世俗的,尘世的
      Example sentencesExamples
      • And the vagueness was because that principle of my terrene nature which was the seat of earthly sensing, and of memories of things perceived, was left with the body.
      • He declares the philosophy of the Grecians, or the ethnick philosophy, to be based only on the second, and to be terrene, animal, and diabolical, not being founded on the deific corner-stone, namely, Jesus Christ, who is the essential substance and foundation of the true science.
      Synonyms
      earthly, terrestrial, temporal, mundane, mortal, human, non-spiritual, unspiritual, material, materialistic, physical, tangible, carnal, fleshly, bodily, corporeal, gross, sensual, base, sordid, vile, profane

Origin

Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, from Latin terrenus, from terra 'earth'.

Definition of terrene in US English:

terrene

adjective
archaic
  • 1Of or like earth; earthy.

    〈古〉土(质)的

    terrene dust
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Mark while I build from out this terrene dust, a structure that shall witness and withstand Time's ravages and rust.
    Synonyms
    terrestrial, telluric, tellurian
    1. 1.1 Occurring on or inhabiting dry land.
      发生于(或居住于)陆地的
      a terrene vertebrate
      Example sentencesExamples
      • She does not speak as do elves, men, dwarves, and other mortal terrene creatures.
      • The initially created ‘globe of terrene and aqueous particles, mingled in confusion and commotion’ would naturally, under the laws of gravity, instantly begin to precipitate strata on the universal ocean bottom.
      • Myers believed that telepathy and telaesthesia ‘cannot have been acquired by natural selection, for the preservation of the race, during the process or terrene evolution’.
      • But if the doctrine of the human form brings unity to our conceptions of mankind, and sees the terrene man as a globe of societies and churches, its effects upon moral philosophy are not less important, for it embraces kindreds and tongues in one fraternal whole.
    2. 1.2 Of the world; secular rather than spiritual.
      世俗的,尘世的
      Example sentencesExamples
      • And the vagueness was because that principle of my terrene nature which was the seat of earthly sensing, and of memories of things perceived, was left with the body.
      • He declares the philosophy of the Grecians, or the ethnick philosophy, to be based only on the second, and to be terrene, animal, and diabolical, not being founded on the deific corner-stone, namely, Jesus Christ, who is the essential substance and foundation of the true science.
      Synonyms
      earthly, terrestrial, temporal, mundane, mortal, human, non-spiritual, unspiritual, material, materialistic, physical, tangible, carnal, fleshly, bodily, corporeal, gross, sensual, base, sordid, vile, profane

Origin

Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, from Latin terrenus, from terra ‘earth’.

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