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

• I'm absolutely sure that Brian is still earthbound.
  我有绝对的肯定布莱恩还在这里。
• 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 space shuttle remained earthbound because of a technical fault.
  由于技术错误，航天飞机仍不能离地。
• Whereas, basic reasons of crimes with floating population are the loss of earthbound order existing in floating population in urban and the loss of the expectancy of surviving and developing of floating population.
  流动人口犯罪的基础性原因是存在于流动人口群体中的乡土秩序在城市中的失落，以及由此而产生的流动人口生存与发展预期的落空。
• 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。
• From the perspective of earthbound astronomers, Saturn's rings will be edge-on.
  从地面天文学家的观点看来，土星的光环将以侧边缘相见。
• It orbits the sun behind the Earth and in theory should be able to spot things that Earthbound telescopes and even the orbiting Hubble telescope cannot.
  开普勒跟随地球围绕太阳运转，从理论上来讲它可以发现地面天文望远镜甚至于哈勃望远镜所不能发现的东西。
• In the meantime, you're an earthbound emanation.
  现在呢，你就是一个一般的。
• 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。
• They'll be earthbound forever.
  他们将永远成为被束缚的鬼魂。