sublunary
英 [sʌb'luːn(ə)rɪ]
美['sʌbljʊnəri]
英文词源
- sublunary (adj.)
- 1590s, "situated under the moon," hence "earthly, mundane" (old cosmology), from Modern Latin sublunaris, from sub- (see sub-) + lunaris (see lunar).
英英释意
- 1. situated between the earth and the moon
- 2. of this earth;
- "transcendental motives for sublunary actions"
- "fleeting sublunary pleasures"
- "the nearest to an angelic being that treads this terrestrial ball"
