extraterrestrial
英 [ˌekstrətəˈrestriəl] 美 [ˌɛkstrətəˈrɛstriəl]

adj.

地球外的，地球大气圈外的；

n.

外星人；

变形

复数：extraterrestrials

英英释义

extraterrestrial[ ,ekstrəti'restriəl ]

• n.a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere

  同义词：extraterrestrial beingalien

• adj.originating or located or occurring outside Earth or its atmosphere

  "is there extraterrestrial life?"

词组短语

extraterrestrial intelligence地外智慧生物，外星人

extraterrestrial being (et)外星人

extraterrestrial being (ET)外星人

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

1. They claimed that they had been in contact with extraterrestrial beings.
   他们声称在同外星人保持联络。
2. Extraterrestrial life has often become the subject of science fiction films.
   科幻片经常以外星生命为主题。

用作名词(n.)

1. The extraterrestrial would say we all speak dialects of one common language.
   这位外星人会觉得，我们都在讲一种语言中的不同方言。

权威例句

Extraterrestrial Organic Compounds in Meteorites
Extraterrestrial Cause for the Cretaceous-Tertiary Extinction
EXTRATERRESTRIAL CAUSE FOR THE CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY EXTINCTION: EXPERIMENT AND THEORY
Evidence for Extraterrestrial Amino-acids and Hydrocarbons in the Murchison Meteorite
Evidence for high-energy extraterrestrial neutrinos at the IceCube detector
Isotopic evidence for extraterrestrial non-racemic amino acids in the Murchison meteorite
The 2010 challenge: data availability, information needs and extraterrestrial insights
Evidence for an extraterrestrial impact 12,900 years ago that contributed to the megafaunal extinctions and the Younger Dryas cooling
Resistance of Bacillus endospores to extreme terrestrial and extraterrestrial environments.
Impact event at the Permo-Triassic boundary: evidence from extraterrestrial noble gases in Fullerenes