Terra

['tɛrə]

解釋/意思:

(n.) The earth; earth.

阿方斯校對

解釋/意思:

n. earth.—ns. Terr′a-cot′ta a composition of clay and sand used for statues hardened like bricks by fire; Terr′aculture agriculture; Terr′?fil′ius a person of humble origin: formerly the title of a scholar at Oxford who composed annually a satirical lampoon in which considerable license was allowed; Terr′a-fir′ma a term frequently employed to denote continental land as distinguished from islands: (coll.) land as distinguished from water; Terr′a-japon′ica pale catechu or gambier; Terr′a-mara (-m?prime;ra) an earthy deposit containing fertilising organic or mineral matter any deposit containing prehistoric remains.—adjs. Terrā′nēan being in the earth; Terrā′nēous growing on land.—ns. Terrā′rium a vivarium for land animals; Terr′a-ros′sa a name given to a ferruginous red earth extensively developed in the limestone districts of south-eastern Europe esp. in Istria and Dalmatia.

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