英语词汇“underworld”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

underworld

/ˈʌndəwəːld

noun

1The world of criminals or of organized crime: a man reputed to be a godfather of the Glasgow underworld [as modifier]: a prominent underworld figure...

It is suggested that an underworld crime figure planned to grab the mother and her child and to demand a six figure sum.
Detectives hunting a gunman who executed a father-of-three in a gangland murder have appealed to the criminal underworld to help nail the killer.
Too late they discover that he is an underworld crime lord, and that crossing him results in an inevitable slow and painful death.

Synonyms

criminal world, world of crime, organized crime;

criminals, gangsters

informal gangland, mob, mobsters

2The mythical abode of the dead, imagined as being under the earth.To gain entrance to this forbidden domain she threatened to break down the gates of the underworld, free the dead and devour the living....

She also guides Persephone to the underworld and back twice a year and thus has a part to play in the seasons.
During the last six millennia, the hero's journey to the underworld of the dead has been a main part of epic storylines.

Synonyms

the netherworld, the land/abode of the dead, the infernal regions, the nether regions, hell, the abyss;

the abode of the damned, eternal damnation, eternal punishment, perdition;

Biblical Gehenna, Tophet, Abaddon;

Judaism Sheol;

Greek Mythology Hades, Tartarus, Acheron;

Roman Mythology Avernus;

Scandinavian Mythology Niflheim;

British the other place

literary the pit, the shades

archaic the lower world

单词	underworld
释义	underworld /ˈʌndəwəːld / noun 1The world of criminals or of organized crime: a man reputed to be a godfather of the Glasgow underworld [as modifier]: a prominent underworld figure... It is suggested that an underworld crime figure planned to grab the mother and her child and to demand a six figure sum. Detectives hunting a gunman who executed a father-of-three in a gangland murder have appealed to the criminal underworld to help nail the killer. Too late they discover that he is an underworld crime lord, and that crossing him results in an inevitable slow and painful death. Synonyms criminal world, world of crime, organized crime; criminals, gangsters informal gangland, mob, mobsters 2The mythical abode of the dead, imagined as being under the earth.To gain entrance to this forbidden domain she threatened to break down the gates of the underworld, free the dead and devour the living.... She also guides Persephone to the underworld and back twice a year and thus has a part to play in the seasons. During the last six millennia, the hero's journey to the underworld of the dead has been a main part of epic storylines. Synonyms the netherworld, the land/abode of the dead, the infernal regions, the nether regions, hell, the abyss; the abode of the damned, eternal damnation, eternal punishment, perdition; Biblical Gehenna, Tophet, Abaddon; Judaism Sheol; Greek Mythology Hades, Tartarus, Acheron; Roman Mythology Avernus; Scandinavian Mythology Niflheim; British the other place literary the pit, the shades archaic the lower world
随便看	not quite not quite the thing Notre Dame not right in the head no-trumper no trumps not see further than one's (or the end of one's) nose not-seeing not see someone for dust not-self not sleep (or get) a wink (or not get a wink of sleep) not so dusty not someone's day not someone's idea of not so much —— as —— not stand (or have) an earthly not stand the ghost of a chance not suffer fools gladly nott not take kindly to not take no for an answer Nottaway not that not the full quid not the full shilling