| 单词 | earth-bred |
| 释义 | > as lemmasearth-bred earth-bred adj. [originally after classical Latin terrigena, noun (see terrigenous adj.)] bred from or on the earth; earth-born. ΚΠ 1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) vii. f. 82v These earthbred [L. terrigenae] brothers by and by did one another wound. 1603 H. Crosse Vertues Common-wealth sig. M3v These aboriginies, earth-bred wormes,..will stand vpon termes of gentilitie. 1729 R. Savage Wanderer i. 26 Rude, earth-bred Storms o'er meaner Valleys blow. 1831 Liberal Preacher 1 60 Those fine sentiments and wide views which they find so useless, amidst the earth-bred spirits that surround them. 1910 B. B. Gilchrist Life Mary Lyon ii. 30 Her earth-bred sense taught her when to respect it [sc. convention] and when to set it aside. 2006 Space Daily (Nexis) 22 June A direct comparison of the space-bred flies with the Earth-bred control flies. < as lemmas |
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