sublunary

英 [sʌb'luːn(ə)rɪ] 美['sʌbljʊnəri]
  • adj. 地上的;月下的(等于sublunar)
近义词 earthly

英英释义


1. situated between the earth and the moon
2. of this earth;
"transcendental motives for sublunary actions"
"fleeting sublunary pleasures"
"the nearest to an angelic being that treads this terrestrial ball"

英文词源


sublunary (adj.)
1590s, "situated under the moon," hence "earthly, mundane" (old cosmology), from Modern Latin sublunaris, from sub- (see sub-) + lunaris (see lunar).