earth-like

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earth-like — 形容詞

1. describing a planet, moon, or other body in space whose size, surface, temperatu

1.形容詞B2
釋義

類地

與地球相似的天體

describing a planet, moon, or other body in space whose size, surface, temperature, or other features are similar to those of Earth — for example, having a rocky surface and moderate temperatures that could allow water to exist

例句

Using the Webb telescope, astronomers found an earth-like planet in the Trappist-1 system.

天文學家利用韋伯望遠鏡在 Trappist-1 星系發現了一顆類地行星。

earth-like + planet in [star system]

The research team announced that the new earth-like world orbits a red dwarf star forty light-years away.

該研究團隊宣布，這顆新的類地世界繞著一顆四十光年外的紅矮星運行。

earth-like + world; followed by that-clause

常見搭配
  • earth-like planet
  • earth-like world
  • earth-like exoplanet
  • earth-like atmosphere
  • earth-like conditions
同義詞
  • terrestrial

    in astronomy, 'terrestrial planet' means a rocky planet like Earth, but the word by itself can also mean 'land-based' or 'of this world'

  • Earth-analog

    a more technical term used by astronomers to describe a planet very close to Earth in size, temperature, and composition

  • earthlike

    same meaning as 'earth-like,' just without the hyphen

反義詞
  • gaseous

    describing a gas giant planet like Jupiter, which has no solid surface and is very different from Earth

  • alien

    in the sense of completely unfamiliar and unlike anything on Earth, rather than merely different in size or composition

文法句型

earth-like + noun

be + earth-like

用法筆記

Most often used before a noun ('an earth-like planet') in discussions of exoplanets or hypothetical worlds. The hyphen is standard in formal writing, though the unhyphenated form 'earthlike' sometimes appears in less formal contexts.

常見錯誤

This planet is very earthly.
This planet is very earth-like.
'earthly' means 'worldly' or 'relating to material things,' not 'similar to the planet Earth.'

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