单词 | Tellus |
释义 | Tellus/ˈtɛləs/noun 1The goddess of the earth in Roman mythology.
2The planet earth. Formerly also: †the earth, the ground (obsolete ).
OriginLate Middle English; earliest use found in John Lydgate (c1370–c1449), poet and prior of Hatfield Regis. From classical Latin tellūs earth, ground, also personified as a goddess, planet earth from the same Indo-European base as theal. |
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