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

• 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。
• Earthbound prices are returning many markets to "fair value", defined as the long-run average ratio of house prices to disposable income and to rents.
  低房价正使许多市场回归“公允价值”，公允价值是以房价与收入和租金的长期平均比值衡量。
• In the meantime, you're an earthbound emanation.
  现在呢，你就是一个一般的。
• 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。
• The space shuttle remained earthbound because of a technical fault.
  由于技术错误，航天飞机仍不能离地。
• Going and Coming-a methodology of ethnography beyond of Earthbound Research It knows no sectional boundaries or ethnic and racial divisions, and it crosses political party lines.
  这个集团没有地区上的边界，跨越人种和种族的区分以及政党的界限。
• I'm absolutely sure that Brian is still earthbound.
  我有绝对的肯定布莱恩还在这里。
• Still, there are more earthbound ways to get into the art-buying game& at auctions, art fairs, end-of-year student shows and some big open-studio events.
  不过，购买艺术品还有很多更普通的方法&拍卖会、艺术博览会、年终学生作品展以及一些大型工作室开放日活动。
• 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。
• Indeed the structures of flight vehicles are very flexible when compared with bridges, buildings, and earthbound machines.
  实际上，与桥梁、建筑和地面上的机器相比，飞行器结构是非常灵活的。