英语词汇“earthman”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

earthman

/ˈəːθman/ /ˈəːθmən/

(also eorðman)

noun

1Chiefly Science Fiction. A person (especially a man) who is a native or inhabitant of the planet earth.

2With capital initial. A member (especially a man) of an indigenous southern African people of relatively short stature, probably identical to the Bushmen or San, but believed to dwell or shelter in caves or hollows in the ground, and thus distinguished from them. Compare earthwoman. Now historical.

Origin

Middle English (in an earlier sense). In some forms from earth + man. In some forms from the genitive of earth + man.

单词	earthman
释义	earthman /ˈəːθman/ /ˈəːθmən/ (also eorðman) noun 1Chiefly Science Fiction. A person (especially a man) who is a native or inhabitant of the planet earth. 2With capital initial. A member (especially a man) of an indigenous southern African people of relatively short stature, probably identical to the Bushmen or San, but believed to dwell or shelter in caves or hollows in the ground, and thus distinguished from them. Compare earthwoman. Now historical. Origin Middle English (in an earlier sense). In some forms from earth + man. In some forms from the genitive of earth + man.
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