单词 | nether |
释义 | nether (once / 2577 pages) adj The nether part of something is the lowest part of it, the bottom. If you’re having, ahem, trouble in the toilet, you might want to go talk to the doc about your nether parts. You might find the word nether in old books where "the nether world" could mean the world under the earth’s surface, like in Dante’s Inferno where he travels through hell, under the earth, before climbing up to paradise in the heavens. If you look closely you can hear the word nether in the word we normally use now: beneath. WORD FAMILYnether: netherly, nethermost USAGE EXAMPLESThen she did as she wasn’t told, moving the towel to his nether regions. New York Times(Dec 21, 2016) The figure in this article does not have any correlation effect - nether between the countries nor within US for the four data points shown here. New York Times(Oct 27, 2016) Mind you, the words that young children use for their nether regions are a daily concern in a pediatric office, where we examine children’s bodies. New York Times(Nov 01, 2016) 1adj lower gnawed his nether lip Syn bottom situated at the bottom or lowest position 2adj located below or beneath something else nether garments Syn under low literal meanings; being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension 3adj dwelling beneath the surface of the earth nether regions Syn chthonian, chthonic infernal being of the underworld |
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