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单词 subterranean
释义
subterraneansub‧ter‧ra‧ne‧an /ˌsʌbtəˈreɪniən◂/ adjective [usually before noun] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINsubterranean
Origin:
1600-1700 Latin subterraneus, from terra ‘earth’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • subterranean passages
  • a subterranean explosion
  • A subterranean stream is believed to flow underneath the town.
  • Electronic sensors have located a huge subterranean cavern in the Sierre Madre mountain range.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Every deep-earth geophysicist has his or her own version of this subterranean landscape.
  • In fact, most of the central section has all but disappeared, the river now wending its subterranean way beneath the town.
  • Now she did a very curious thing: she explored all the subterranean passages connecting the Columbia buildings.
  • She is associated with a bridge, a subterranean aqueduct and a magic distaff, one of the symbols of Athene.
  • She snarled as she leapt from her subterranean tunnel out into the sunlight, on to the bloodstained sand.
  • Since then, they have represented the darker, subterranean forces of nature.
  • The footing corals start to anchor down on the loose rocks, and the subterranean sponges burrow underneath.
  • To the Incas hell was a subterranean, cold place where you lived on stones: heaven was with the sun.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorunder the ground or under water
· It is one of the largest mountain ranges under the Pacific Ocean.· Several of the stolen items were found buried under Mackie's house.· When the project is finished, most of Boston's major roads will run under the city.
under - used in formal writing or in literature: · Far beneath the waters of the North Atlantic lies the wreck of the great liner, the Titanic.· Petroleum occurs in natural deposits beneath the surface of the earth.
under the ground: · The men work underground for 12 hours a day.· The explosives will be stored below ground in concrete bunkers.10 metres underground/two miles underground etc: · The nuclear waste is buried a half-mile underground.
below the ground: · A subterranean stream is believed to flow underneath the town.· a subterranean explosion· Electronic sensors have located a huge subterranean cavern in the Sierre Madre mountain range.
under the water: · I don't like opening my eyes underwater.· a camera specially designed for use under water· On land the seal is a clumsy creature, but underwater it moves with grace and agility.
just under the surface of the water: · The boat hit a submerged rock.· Sometimes at low tide you can just see the submerged wreck of a large ship.partially/partly submerged: · The flight recorder was found smashed and partially submerged in a creek nearby.
WORD SETS
avalanche, nounaxis, nouncatchment area, nouncrater, noundinosaur, noundivide, nounelement, nounextinct, adjectivegallery, noungeo-, prefixgeophysics, nounglacial, adjectiveglaciation, noungoldfield, nounlandslide, nounlandslip, nounleach, verbmagnetic pole, nounmagnitude, nounmantle, nounmeteorite, nounmolten, adjectivemother lode, nounnatural history, nounonyx, nounopal, nounozone layer, nounpaleontology, nounpitchblende, nounPleistocene, adjectivePliocene, adjectiveprimeval, adjectivequake, verbquake, nounrarefied, adjectiverock, verbscour, verbshock wave, nounslide, nounsoapstone, nounstony, adjectivestream, nounstrip mine, nounsubcontinent, nounsubterranean, adjectivesuperficial, adjectiveterrain, nounterrestrial, adjectivetremor, nounundercurrent, nounvolcanic, adjectivevolcano, nounvortex, nounwater table, noun
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
· The air in these underground passages is cold and damp.
beneath the surface of the Earth SYN  underground:  subterranean passage
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