earthbound是什么意思？

earthbound

英[ˈɜ:θbaʊnd] 美[ˈɜrθbaʊnd]

• adj. 固着于土地的，为世俗利益所束缚的，讲实际的；

例句

• Beholders prefer inaccessible locations that earthbound foes can reach only with difficulty. 眼魔喜欢住在陆行敌人难以达到和接近的敌方.
• He practised the art of earthbound realism. 他实践生根于土壤的现实主义艺术.
• birds and their earthbound predators 鸟和地面上捕食它们的动物
• ...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
• 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。
• ...earthbound telescopes... 地面望远镜

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ
  不能离开地面的；陆地上的；地面上的
  If something is earthbound, it is unable to fly, or is on the ground rather than in the air or in space.
  例句
  ...earthbound telescopes... 地面望远镜 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 as earthbound, you mean that they do not have very much imagination.
  例句
  ...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

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. confined to the earth
  2. lacking wit or imagination;
  "a pedestrian movie plot"