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    A Martian is an imaginary creature from the planet Mars. In old stories, comics, and films, Martians often come to Earth in — sometimes little and green, sometimes strange and . Nobody has ever met one; there are no people on Mars that we know of, so the noun belongs to make-believe and jokes, not to science as a fact.

    A Martian火星人 is an imaginary creature from the planet Mars是來自火星的假想生物。In old stories, comics, and films在老故事、漫畫和電影裡 Martians often come to Earth in spaceships火星人常常搭太空船來到地球 sometimes little and green有時候是綠色的小生物 sometimes strange and frightening有時候是又怪又可怕的樣子。Nobody has ever met one從來沒有人真的遇過火星人 there are no people on Mars that we know of就我們所知火星上沒有人 so the noun belongs to make-believe and jokes所以這個名詞屬於幻想和玩笑 not to science as a fact而不是科學事實。

    The same word can be an adjective: Martian soil or a Martian landscape means “of the planet Mars,” and scientists do use it that way with a straight face. As a name for a being, though, it is story-talk.

    The same word can be an adjective這個字也可以當形容詞 Martian soil or a Martian landscapeMartian soil(火星土壤)或Martian landscape(火星地貌) means "of the planet Mars,"意思是「屬於火星的」 and scientists do use it that way with a straight face科學家也是很正經地這樣用。As a name for a being, though不過當它指一種生物時 it is story-talk就是故事裡的說法了。

    It is built like Italian from Italy: Mars + -an, “of that place.” Capital M is usual when you mean the creature.

    It is built like Italian from Italy它的構造就像Italian(義大利人)來自Italy(義大利)一樣 Mars + -an,Mars加上-an "of that place."意思是「那個地方的」。Capital M is usual當指的是那種生物時 when you mean the creature通常大寫M。

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組成Mars (the planet, from Latin Mārtius, “of Mars”) + -an (an ending that means “of that place”).

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  • Marsa Martian is “someone or something of Mars”
  • martialboth go back to Mars, the Roman god whose name was also given to the planet

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以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Martianadj/ˈmɑːʃən/

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    Of or relating to the planet Mars, or (science fiction) its imagined inhabitants.

    • The direct heat of the sun, shining through so thin an atmosphere, must be considerable wherever the sun is at a sufficient elevation; and of course the very tenuity of the air renders vaporization so much the easier, for the boiling point (and consequently all temperatures of evaporation at given rates) would be correspondingly lowered. Accordingly, during the greater part of the Martian day, the hoar frost and whatever light snow might have fallen on the preceding evening would be completely dissolved away, and thus the ruddy earth or the greenish ice-masses of the so-called oceans would be revealed to the terrestral observer.
    • Prof. Percival Lowell, the eminent Martian astronomer, said in a recent interview in New York: "The Martian canals are not Panama canals. The word 'canals' you know, really means 'lines.' [...]"
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    astrologyhuman-sciencesmysticismPertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Mars; aggressive, bellicose.

    • [T]he majority of human beings born under the influence of Mars—the Martians (or "Martials")—are heavily built but physically strong. [...] [T]hey are easily angered, and, for the time being, forget everything in the excess of their violence. The worst Martian type will commit murder before he knows it.
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    obsoletePertaining to battle or war; martial, military.

    • The iudges vvhich thereto ſelected vvere, / Into the Martian field adovvne deſcended, / To deeme this doutfull caſe, for vvhich they all contended.
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    Pertaining to the Roman god Mars, the god of war.

    • Near-synonym: Arean

Martiannoun/ˈmɑːʃən/

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    astrologyhuman-sciencesmysticismA person under the astrological influence of the planet Mars.

    • [T]he majority of human beings born under the influence of Mars—the Martians (or "Martials")—are heavily built but physically strong. [...] A male Martian is generally a great favorite with the ladies and is apt to be rather quick and unscrupulous in his courtship methods. He is not a sentimental lover. A bad Martian is a loud, fatiguing talker and a braggard.
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    literaturemediapublishingAn inhabitant of the planet Mars.

    • Thus she [one of the moons of Mars] has a disc, always on this assumption be it remembered, equal to about a quarter of our moon's; and being illuminated by the sun, like the other moon, with a light varying from one-half to one-third that which he pours on the earth, it follows that the light she reflects to Martians, or would reflect to them if there were any such beings, varies from one-eighth to one-twelfth of that which we receive from the full moon.
    • Those who have never seen a living Martian can scarcely imagine the strange horror of their appearance. The peculiar V-shaped mouth with its pointed upper lip, the absence of brow ridges, the absence of a chin beneath the wedge-like lower lip, the incessant quivering of this mouth, the Gorgon groups of tentacles, [...]
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    rareliteraturemediapublishingAn inhabitant of the planet Mars.

    • Coordinate term: Martianess

Martianname/ˈmɑːʃən/

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    literaturemediapublishingA hypothetical language spoken on Mars.

    • Although impressed by [Catherine Elise] Muller as a person, [Théodore] Flournoy regarded her experiences as a marvel of psychology rather than spiritualism. One of his key findings was that, while Muller's Martian had a consistent 23 letter alphabet, grammar and syntax, it was in fact a twisted variant of French.
    • Suvi: Between the Remnant city, Meridian, and however the Scourge fits in... pardon my Martian, but it's all weird as shit.

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