单词 | terrestrial |
释义 | terrestrial (tərestriəl ) 1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] A terrestrial animal or plant lives on land or on the ground rather than in the sea, in trees, or in the air. [technical] Terrestrial and aquatic fauna may sometimes be found resting together under a loose stone. 2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] Terrestrial means relating to the planet Earth rather than to some other part of the universe. ...terrestrial life forms. Synonyms: earthly, worldly, global, mundane 3. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] Terrestrial television channels are transmitted using equipment situated at ground level, and not by satellite. [British] Collocations: terrestrial broadcast Therefore, a blackout affects any market where the terrestrial broadcast signal of an affiliate station, under normal conditions, penetrates into the 75-mile radius. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Included are any non-profit terrestrial broadcast community radio stations not directly affiliated, owned, controlled by any radio network, school, company, or government. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It will also use fibre networks, other communication satellites, and terrestrial broadcasts, as well as elements of the present satellite network. Times,Sunday Times Laws about antennas were updated before the change to digital terrestrial broadcasts. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In other cases government policies have been introduced to encourage or force the switchover process, especially with regard to terrestrial broadcasts. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The lack of large terrestrial vertebrate predators and the highly oxygenic atmosphere at that time probably enabled them to grow so large. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Marine faunas became fairly modern, as did terrestrial vertebrate fauna on the northern continents. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It uses its flexible toes to grab prey -- large arthropods and small to mid-sized terrestrial vertebrate. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Sometimes known as perching birds or, less accurately, as songbirds, the passerines form one of the most diverse terrestrial vertebrate orders, with over 5,000 identified species. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 For example mammaliformes (almost mammals) and then mammals existed throughout the reign of the dinosaurs, but could not compete for the large terrestrial vertebrate niches which dinosaurs monopolized. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 地球的 Japanese: 地球の |
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