underworld

noun

/ˈʌndəwɜːld/

/ˈʌndərwɜːrld/

[singular]

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the people and activities involved in crime in a particular place
- the criminal underworld
- the Glasgow underworld
- the dark underworld of drug abuse and petty crime
- He ran an import-export business and had underworld contacts in Japan.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- dark
- murky
- seedy
- …
underworld + noun
- boss
- figure
- contact
- …
preposition
- in the… underworld
See full entry
the underworld
(in myths and legends, for example those of ancient Greece) the place under the earth where people are believed to go when they die
- The three-headed dog Cerberus guarded the entrance to the underworld.

单词	underworld
释义	underworld noun /ˈʌndəwɜːld/ /ˈʌndərwɜːrld/ [singular] jump to other results the people and activities involved in crime in a particular place the criminal underworld the Glasgow underworld the dark underworld of drug abuse and petty crime He ran an import-export business and had underworld contacts in Japan. Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective dark murky seedy … underworld + noun boss figure contact … preposition in the… underworld See full entry the underworld (in myths and legends, for example those of ancient Greece) the place under the earth where people are believed to go when they die The three-headed dog Cerberus guarded the entrance to the underworld.
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