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terra 音标拼音: [t'ɛrə] n. 地;土地;地球;
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月地(指月球表面相对于海而言的较明亮的高地区域) 地;土地;地球;月地(指月球表面相对於海而言的较明亮的高地区域) Terra \ Ter" ra\, n. [ It. & L. See { Terrace}.] The earth; earth. [ 1913 Webster] { Terra alba} [ L., white earth] ( Com.), a white amorphous earthy substance consisting of burnt gypsum, aluminium silicate ( kaolin), or some similar ingredient, as magnesia. It is sometimes used to adulterate certain foods, spices, candies, paints, etc. { Terra cotta}. [ It., fr. terra earth cotta, fem. of cotto cooked, L. coctus, p. p. of coquere to cook. See { Cook}, n.] Baked clay; a kind of hard pottery used for statues, architectural decorations, figures, vases, and the like. { Terrae filius} [ L., son of the earth], formerly, one appointed to write a satirical Latin poem at the public acts in the University of Oxford; -- not unlike the prevaricator at Cambridge, England. { Terra firma} [ L.], firm or solid earth, as opposed to { water}. { Terra Japonica}. [ NL.] Same as { Gambier}. It was formerly supposed to be a kind of earth from Japan. { Terra Lemnia} [ L., Lemnian earth], Lemnian earth. See under { Lemnian}. { Terra ponderosa} [ L., ponderous earth] ( Min.), barite, or heavy spar. { Terra di Sienna}. See { Sienna}. [ 1913 Webster]
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