English Dictionary

otherworldly

/ˌʌðɚˈwɝld.li/

adj

Of, concerned with, or preoccupied with a different world than that of the tangible here and now, such as a heavenly, spiritual, or imaginary world.

The aurora borealis is an otherworldly phenomenon.

意味（1）

Of, concerned with, or preoccupied with a different world than that of the tangible here and now, such as a heavenly, spiritual, or imaginary world.

Every religion that becomes ascendant, in so far as it is not otherworldly, must necessarily set its stamp upon the methods and administration of the law.

意味（2）

Not belonging to the real world; unnatural; odd and unfamiliar.

He had not seen cricket played since the war began; it seemed almost other-worldly, with the click of the bats, and the shrill young voices, under the distant drone of that sky-hornet threshing along to Hendon.