earthbound

英 [ˈɜːθbaʊnd]

美 [ˈɜːrθbaʊnd]

adj. (只在)地球上的，陆地的，地面上的; 世俗的; 物质世界的; 缺乏想象力的

BNC.34052 / COCA.19899

牛津词典

adj.

（只在）地球上的，陆地的，地面上的
unable to leave the surface of the earth
1. birds and their earthbound predators
  鸟和地面上捕食它们的动物
世俗的；物质世界的；缺乏想象力的
not spiritual or having much imagination

ADJ 不能离开地面的；陆地上的；地面上的
If something isearthbound, it is unable to fly, or is on the ground rather than in the air or in space.
1. ...earthbound telescopes...
  地面望远镜
2. The earthbound larvae from which they develop are less pretty, but just as predatory.
  幼虫生活在地面上，不像成虫后那么美丽，但是同样会捕食。
ADJ-GRADED 缺乏想象力的
If you describe someone or something asearthbound, you mean that they do not have very much imagination.
1. ...the daughter of a stolid, earthbound salesman and a wild actress.
  冷漠实际的推销员和生活放荡的女演员所生的女儿

adj

confined to the earth
lacking wit or imagination
1. a pedestrian movie plot
Synonym:pedestrianprosaicprosy

They'll be earthbound forever.
他们将永远成为被束缚的鬼魂。
The space shuttle remained earthbound because of a technical fault.
由于技术错误，航天飞机仍不能离地。
Yet scientists hope to bring the power that emblazons the sun, fusion, to earthbound reactors.
然而，科学家们很赞同这种能和太阳同样的聚变反应堆。
Earthbound spirits, my grandmother called them.
束缚的灵魂，我的祖母这么称他们。
You see, unlike our clunky earthbound forms of construction.
你看，比起地球上使用的笨拙建筑方式。
On the whole it was an uninspired and earthbound performance.
总的来说，这是场没有激情的平淡的演出。
Indeed the structures of flight vehicles are very flexible when compared with bridges, buildings, and earthbound machines.
实际上，与桥梁、建筑和地面上的机器相比，飞行器结构是非常灵活的。
Going and Coming-a methodology of ethnography beyond of Earthbound Research It knows no sectional boundaries or ethnic and racial divisions, and it crosses political party lines.
这个集团没有地区上的边界，跨越人种和种族的区分以及政党的界限。
Rediscovery about Earthbound China
新乡土建筑乡土中国的再发现
From the perspective of earthbound astronomers, Saturn's rings will be edge-on.
从地面天文学家的观点看来，土星的光环将以侧边缘相见。