sublunary

a. 在月下的, 地上的, 尘世的

发音

UK /sʌbˈluːnəɹi/
UK /sʌbˈluːnɹi/
UK /ˈsʌbl(j)uːnəɹɪ/
其它 /ˈsʌbl(j)uːnəɹɪ/
US /sʌbˈlunəɹi/

词形变化

sublunaries 复数 sublunaries

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A person or thing which is of the (material) world.

    文学 复数形式
  2. 2.

    A less important person; an inferior, a subordinate.

    文学 复数形式
adj.
  1. 1.

    Situated beneath the moon; specifically, between the moon and the earth.

    历史 文学
  2. 2.

    In or of this world (as opposed to heaven, etc.); earthly, terrestrial.

    文学 引申义
  3. 3.

    Of or relating to the material world (as opposed to clerical, sacred, or spiritual); ephemeral, temporal, worldly.

    文学 引申义
  4. 4.

    Inferior, subordinate.

    比喻 文学

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 3

terrestrial sublunar cislunar

近义相关 1

earthly

相关短语

sublunary sphere sublunary spheres

词源

PIE word *upó The adjective is a learned borrowing from Late Latin sublūnāris (“sublunar, sublunary”) + English -ary (suffix meaning of or pertaining to forming adjectives). Sublūnāris is derived from Latin sub- (prefix meaning ‘below, beneath, under’) + lūnāris (“of or pertaining to the moon, lunar”) (from lūna (“moon”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright; to see; to shine”)) + -āris (suffix forming adjectives denoting a pertaining to or relationship)). By surface analysis, sub- + lunary. The noun is derived from the adjective.

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