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sublunar

/suhb-loo-ner-ee, suhb-loo-nuh-ree/US // ˈsʌb lʊˌnɛr i, sʌbˈlu nə ri //UK // (sʌbˈluːnərɪ) //

月球下层,月下,月球下,月球之下

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : situated beneath the moon or between the earth and the moon.
    • : characteristic of or pertaining to the earth; terrestrial.
    • : mundane or worldly: fleeting, sublunary pleasure.

Examples

  • It has been subject, as all sublunary Things are, to great Revolutions and Misfortunes.

  • This marked a preconcerted moment—for the remote celestial phenomenon had been pressed into sublunary service as a lover's signal.

  • “But here am I talking about these sublunary affairs, when the eclipse will be beginning,” cried Vibert.

  • Swithin sighed, lowered his thoughts to sublunary things, and told briefly the story of his journey.

  • Patiently to earn a spare bare living, and quietly to die, untouched by workhouse hands—this was her highest sublunary hope.