terrestrial

陸生の、陸上の

陸に関係する、または水中や空中ではなく陸で暮らす・育つ。

やさしい英語で： Connected with land, or living or growing on land rather than in water or the air.

• Most snakes are terrestrial animals.
• The park protects several terrestrial habitats.
• These plants need terrestrial conditions rather than standing water.

類義語： land-based

反対語： aquatic

よく使う表現： terrestrial animals, terrestrial habitat, terrestrial plants

地球の

地球や、もともと地球に属する生き物に関係する。

やさしい英語で： Connected with the planet Earth or the living things that naturally belong to it.

• Scientists study terrestrial life.
• The rock may have a terrestrial origin.
• They compared terrestrial conditions with those on Mars.

類義語： earthly

反対語： extraterrestrial

よく使う表現： terrestrial life, terrestrial origin, terrestrial atmosphere

陸生の

水中や木の上ではなく、地上で暮らす、または育つ。

やさしい英語で： Living or growing on land, rather than in water or in trees.

• Snails are terrestrial animals.
• These terrestrial plants cannot survive underwater.
• The study compared aquatic and terrestrial habitats.

類義語： land-dwelling

反対語： aquatic

よく使う表現： terrestrial animals, terrestrial plants, terrestrial habitats

世俗的な、現世の

天国や精神的な事柄ではなく、この世の日常生活に関係する。

やさしい英語で： Connected with ordinary life in this world, rather than with heaven or spiritual things.

• He forgot his terrestrial concerns.
• The poem contrasts heavenly joy with terrestrial pleasures.
• She imagined a life beyond terrestrial existence.

類義語： worldly, earthly

反対語： heavenly

よく使う表現： terrestrial concerns, terrestrial pleasures, terrestrial life

地生植物

水中やほかの植物の上ではなく、地面に生える植物。

やさしい英語で： A plant that grows on or in the ground rather than in water or on another plant.

• This orchid is a terrestrial.
• The collection includes both terrestrials and plants that grow on trees.
• Each terrestrial needs soil around its roots.

類義語： ground plant

よく使う表現： a terrestrial orchid, hardy terrestrial, forest terrestrial