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ter·rene /tɛˈrin, tə; ˈtɛrˌin/
(a.)土的,土質的,現世的地球,陸地
Ter·rene, n.
1. The earth's surface; the earth. [Poetic]
Tenfold the length of this terrene. --Milton.
2. Surv. The surface of the ground.
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Ter·rene, a.
1. Of or pertaining to the earth; earthy; as, terrene substance.
2. Earthy; terrestrial.
God set before him a mortal and immortal life, a nature celestial and terrene. --Sir W. Raleigh.
Be true and faithful to the king and his heirs, and truth and faith to bear of life and limb, and terrene honor. --O. Eng. Oath of Allegiance, quoted by Blackstone.
Common conceptions of the matters which lie at the basis of our terrene experience. --Hickok.
terrene
adj 1: of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the
sea or air [syn: tellurian, telluric, terrestrial]
2: belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly;
"not a fairy palace; yet a mundane wonder of unimagined
kind"; "so terrene a being as himself" [syn: mundane]