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extraterrestrial

/ek-struh-tuh-res-tree-uhl/US // ˌɛk strə təˈrɛs tri əl //UK // (ˌɛkstrətɪˈrɛstrɪəl) //

外星人,外星,地外人,地外生物

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : outside, or originating outside, the limits of the earth.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an extraterrestrial being: a science fiction novel about extraterrestrials conquering the earth.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • All of this was enough to spur journalist Laura Krantz to launch an investigation of her own into what we really know about extraterrestrials.

  • In recent years, the search for extraterrestrials has been accelerated by a wave of new technologies that allow us to better probe distant reaches of the galaxy.

  • Given how inhospitable we’ve learned Venus to be, we’ve spent the majority of the last century pinning some of our biggest hopes of finding signs of extraterrestrial life on Mars.

  • If the discovery holds up, and if no other explanations for the gas are found, then the hellish planet next door could be the first to yield signs of extraterrestrial life — though those are very big ifs.

  • That order was a follow-up to a law passed in 2015 outlining America’s position that US companies are allowed to own and sell resources they’ve extracted from extraterrestrial bodies.

  • The quirky chapter on extraterrestrial life is set at Los Angeles International Airport.

  • It was one of the first novels of extraterrestrial invasion ever written, and it still feels fresh to readers today.

  • But the idea that some nebulous force of will could have flipped six votes is completely extraterrestrial.

  • Two of the numbers involve UFOs and aliens, presumably extraterrestrial.

  • On Sunday, some 125 extraterrestrial rocks will be auctioned off.

  • If the other continents go as North America has gone, will you alone be divinely translated to some extraterrestrial sphere?

  • They lost all vestiges of their original Martian culture, even memory of their extraterrestrial origin.

  • His status and stature with the Extraterrestrial Mining Company was well known to all of us, and certainly respected.

  • The extraterrestrial had even the ability to achieve a dry quality in his voice.

  • When Hank had finished, the extraterrestrial turned his eyes to Loo.

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