Old English yrtling "plowman" (see earth + -ling); the sense of "inhabitant of the earth" is from 1590s and might be a re-formation, as the word seems to be missing in Middle English. Compare earthman. Earlier in this sense was earthite (1825).
雙語例句
1. Protecting the earth our homestead is an unshirkable duty for every earthling.
保護(hù)地球家園,是每一位在世者義不容辭的責(zé)任.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
2. He formed his own stylelish in his creation, leaving lots of elegant music to the earthling.