extraterrestrial

地球外の

地球ではなく、宇宙や別の世界から来た。

やさしい英語で： Coming from space or another world rather than from Earth.

• Scientists are searching for extraterrestrial life.
• The rock is thought to be of extraterrestrial origin.
• Could this signal have come from an extraterrestrial civilisation?

類義語： alien

反対語： terrestrial

よく使う表現： extraterrestrial life, extraterrestrial intelligence, extraterrestrial origin, extraterrestrial material

宇宙人、地球外生命体

地球以外の惑星や場所から来た生き物。

やさしい英語で： A living being from a planet or place beyond Earth.

• The film features a friendly extraterrestrial.
• Do you think extraterrestrials exist?
• The story describes humans making contact with an extraterrestrial.

類義語： alien, space alien

よく使う表現： friendly extraterrestrial, intelligent extraterrestrial, extraterrestrial visitor, hostile extraterrestrial

宇宙人

別の世界から来たかのように、個性や才能が並外れている人。

やさしい英語で： Someone so unusual or talented that they seem to belong to another world.

• His friends jokingly called the brilliant scientist an extraterrestrial.
• At chess, she seemed like an extraterrestrial among ordinary players.
• People treated the eccentric inventor as an extraterrestrial.

よく使う表現： an extraterrestrial, absolute extraterrestrial, call someone an extraterrestrial