Martian
/ˈmɑːʃən//ˈmɑrʃən/
- n.
- 火星人
- adj.
- 火星的
中文释义来自 ECDICT
词源链
- 英语English
Martian
词源说明
From Latin Mārtius (“of or relating to the planet Mars”) + -an (adjective-forming suffix). The word is cognate with Middle English marcien, marcyan, mercien (“subject to the influence or power of the planet Mars; relating to the god Mars, that is, warlike”), Middle French martien (“Martian”) (modern French martien), French Martien (“imaginary inhabitant of Mars; any extraterrestrial”), Italian marziano, Latin Mārtiānus (“Martian”), Portuguese marciano, Spanish marciano.
释义
形容词adjective
- 1Of or relating to the planet Mars, or (science fiction) its imagined inhabitants. [from 19th c.]
- 2(astrology) Pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Mars; aggressive, bellicose. [from 14th c.]