earthling

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n. 世人, 俗人, 俗物

发音

UK /ˈɜːθlɪŋ/
AU
US /ˈɝθlɪŋ/

词形变化

earthlings 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    One who tills the earth; a farmer, a husbandman, a ploughman.

  2. 1.

    Alternative letter-case form of Earthling.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

tellurian worldling

上位词 5

dweller inhabitant denizen habitant indweller

下位词 2

Earthman Earthwoman

词源

From Middle English erthling (“farmer, ploughman”) [and other forms] (in glossaries), from Old English ierþling, eorþling (“farmer, husbandman, ploughman”) [and other forms], from eorþe (“ground; dirt; planet Earth”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁er- (“earth”)) + -ling (suffix forming personal nouns). The English word is analysable as earth + -ling.

来源：wiktionary