earthbound

英 [ˈɜːθbaʊnd]

美 [ˈɜːrθbaʊnd]

adj.  (只在)地球上的，陆地的，地面上的; 世俗的; 物质世界的; 缺乏想象力的

BNC.34052 / COCA.19899

牛津词典

adj.

• （只在）地球上的，陆地的，地面上的
  unable to leave the surface of the earth
  1. birds and their earthbound predators
     鸟和地面上捕食它们的动物
• 世俗的；物质世界的；缺乏想象力的
  not spiritual or having much imagination

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 不能离开地面的；陆地上的；地面上的
  If something isearthbound, it is unable to fly, or is on the ground rather than in the air or in space.
  1. ...earthbound telescopes...
     地面望远镜
  2. The earthbound larvae from which they develop are less pretty, but just as predatory.
     幼虫生活在地面上，不像成虫后那么美丽，但是同样会捕食。
• ADJ-GRADED 缺乏想象力的
  If you describe someone or something asearthbound, you mean that they do not have very much imagination.
  1. ...the daughter of a stolid, earthbound salesman and a wild actress.
     冷漠实际的推销员和生活放荡的女演员所生的女儿

英英释义

adj

• confined to the earth
• lacking wit or imagination
  1. a pedestrian movie plot
  Synonym:pedestrianprosaicprosy

双语例句

• As metaphors go, cloud computing sounds nice but is misleading. Clouds are in the sky; server farms are decidedly earthbound.
  云在天上飘，而组成云计算的服务器网络显然是在地面上。
• No, these aren't deleted scenes from sci-fi epic Avatar-these spectacular images show mesmerising phosphorescent patterns swirling through a forest that are all produced by earthbound insects.
  这些精美森林照片显示梦幻般的荧光散布在森林之中，但这些壮观美丽的图像并不是科幻电影《阿凡达》中的删节片段，画面中的荧光物质居然是由萤火虫释放的。
• Newton took the principles of motion and of gravitation as deduced from observations of earthbound objects and extended them to the motions of the earth and of the planets around the sun.
  牛顿观察物体往地上落，演绎出运动原则和引力原则，并将这些原则扩展到地球的运动和环绕太阳运转的行星的运动。
• You see, unlike our clunky earthbound forms of construction.
  你看，比起地球上使用的笨拙建筑方式。
• Yet scientists hope to bring the power that emblazons the sun, fusion, to earthbound reactors.
  然而，科学家们很赞同这种能和太阳同样的聚变反应堆。
• The earthbound life required no grocery stores, only time gathering edible plants and berries.
  靠土地吃饭的生活不需要杂货店，只需要有时间采集可以食用的植物和浆果。
• Michael Mumma, of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Centre in Maryland, leads the only Earthbound team still gathering the sort of data in which Martian methane has been seen.
  国家航空航天局位于马里兰州的达德太空飞行中心的MichaelMumma，仍然带领着他的务实的团队汇集了已经观测到的火星甲烷的数据。
• The analysis on earthbound methods and circulating of electric-net
  电网接地方式与运行分析
• The earthbound larvae from which they develop are less pretty, but just as predatory.
  幼虫生活在地面上，不像成虫后那么美丽，但是同样会捕食。
• Having been earthbound for so long you have acquired a strong affinity with Mother Earth, which is why so many of you chosen to stay with her.
  已经与地球纠葛了这么久时间使得你们已经获得了一种与地球母亲的强烈吸引力，这也是为何你们中的这么多人选择了继续伴随她。