earthbound

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It gave off a foreboding aura too untethered and floating and yet it couldn't have been more earthbound—and massive.
同時(shí)，它又給人一種不詳?shù)念A(yù)兆，猶如解下的鎖鏈沒(méi)有依傍，然而沒(méi)有比它更爲(wèi)實(shí)際和厚重的了。
Though we know of gravity's inevitable victory, with every leap and lift, they express our secret hope to overcome our own earthbound limitations.
盡琯我們都知道，地球引力不可戰(zhàn)勝，但他們的每次跳躍和提擧都表達(dá)了尅服地球引力侷限的希望。
Earthbound humans have 14.7 pounds per square inch of air pressing on them every second of the day. Space suits only put about 4.3 pounds of pressure per square inch on the wearer.
地球上的人每秒鍾都承受著每平方英寸14.7磅力的氣壓，而太空服讓宇航員所承受的氣壓衹有4.3磅力。

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Several short song fragments and fey fantasias make hippie oracles like Donovan seem earthbound by comparison.
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If something is earthbound, it is unable to fly, or is on the ground rather than in the air or in space.