extraterrestrials

英 [ˌɛkstrətɪˈrɛstrɪəlz]

美 [ˌɛkstrəˌtɜˈrɛstriəlz]

n.  (故事中的)天外来客，外星人，外星生物
extraterrestrial的复数

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 地外的
  Extraterrestrialmeans happening, existing, or coming from somewhere beyond the planet Earth.
  1. NASA has started a 10-year search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
     美国航空航天局已经启动了一个为期10年的寻找外星人的项目。
  2. ...extraterrestrial rocks.
     地外岩石
• 地外智慧生物；外星人
  Extraterrestrialsare living creatures that some people think exist or may exist in another part of the universe.

双语例句

• A replay of my encounter flashed into my now as every cell in my body suddenly knee extraterrestrials were real.
  一个关于我的遭遇的地外的真实的重放突然进入现在的身体中的每个细胞。
• The culprits for the unexplained have evolved from gods and demons, to ghosts and spirits, to extraterrestrials.
  无法解释现象的始作俑者从最初的神魔，到后来的鬼怪，最后发展到了外星人。
• Of course the vast majority of "evidence" of extraterrestrials have simple ( albeit WAY less exciting) explanations.
  当然，绝大多数有关“地外生命”的证据都有简单（而远没那么令人兴奋）的解释。
• Such a large corpus with its text, pictures, videos and sounds would allow clever extraterrestrials to decipher much about our society, and even formulate questions that could be answered with the material in hand.
  文本、图片、视频和音频汇编的大型数据库可以让聪明的外星人破解更多有关人类社会的信息，甚至思考出一些用手头资料能够解答的问题。
• Of course, we could play along with their assumption and argue that the target is not them, but rather a possible attack by extraterrestrials ⑯.
  当然，我们可以顺着其的猜测并称目标不是他们，而是有可能来自外太空的攻击。
• A better approach is to note that the nearest intelligent extraterrestrials are likely to be at least dozens of light-years away.
  一种更好的做法，是先认识到离我们最近的地外智慧生命可能至少也隔着几十光年的距离。
• It may have been the closest that humankind has ever come to encountering extraterrestrials.
  这可能是人类最近地遇到外星球生物。
• The vast, ancient drawings can really only be properly appreciated from the air, which has led some to claim they are the work of extraterrestrials.
  古老而巨大的纳斯卡图案只能从空中鸟瞰才可识别，所以有些人认为这是外星人所为。
• He thought that the New York Times was publishing messages from extraterrestrials and that he could understand them.
  他认为《纽约时报》正在由外星人发布消息，并说他能理解他们。
• Mulder: mmm? Aside from the need for corrective lenses and the tendency to be abducted by extraterrestrials involved in an international governmental conspiracy, the Mulder family passes genetic muster.
  穆德：嗯？除了需要矫正镜片，以及容易遭到涉及国际政府阴谋的外星人绑架之外，穆德家族通过了基因检阅。