extraterrestrial是什么意思？

extraterrestrial

英[ˌekstrətəˈrestriəl] 美[ˌɛkstrətəˈrɛstriəl]

• adj. 地球外的，地球大气圈外的；
• n. 外星人；

复数：extraterrestrials;

例句

• But it's important to keep in mind that popular depictions of extraterrestrial life are likely wrong. 但牢记各种广泛流行的关于搜寻地外生命的描述很可能是错的.
• Where extraterrestrial civilizations may be rare , there is something that is rarer still: A girlfriend. 虽说外星生命及其稀少, 但还是有一种生命比它更稀少: 女朋友.
• In going through the earth's atmosphere the light from an extraterrestrial bodies suffers considerable absorption. 从地球以外的所有星体射来的光,在通过地球大气时,都会遭受很大的吸收.
• Methane may have extraterrestrial significance. 甲烷具有星际意义.
• One theory about the existence of extraterrestrial life rests on the presence of carbon compounds in meteorites. 地球外存在生命的理论是基于陨星上存在碳化合物质这一事实的.
• ...extraterrestrial rocks. 地外岩石
• NASA has started a 10-year search for extraterrestrial intelligence. 美国航空航天局已经启动了一个为期10年的寻找外星人的项目。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ
  地外的
  Extraterrestrial means happening, existing, or coming from somewhere beyond the planet Earth.
  例句
  NASA has started a 10-year search for extraterrestrial intelligence. 美国航空航天局已经启动了一个为期10年的寻找外星人的项目。 ...extraterrestrial rocks. 地外岩石
• N-COUNT
  地外智慧生物；外星人
  Extraterrestrials are living creatures that some people think exist or may exist in another part of the universe.

英汉词典释义

• adj.
  地球外的,地球大气圈外的
  One theory about the existence of extraterrestrial life rests on the presence of carbon compounds in meteorites. 地球外存在生命的理论是基于陨星上存在碳化合物质这一事实的。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere
• Adjective
  1. originating or located or occurring outside Earth or its atmosphere;
  "is there extraterrestrial life?"