请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 nether
释义 neth·er
\ˈnethə(r)\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English nether, nethere, nithere, from Old English nithera, from nither, nithor, adverb, down, downward; akin to Old Saxon nithiri, adjective, nether, nithar, adverb, down, Old High German nidari, nidaro, adjective, nether, nidar, adverb, down, Old Norse nethri, netharri, adjective, nether, nithr, adverb, down; all from a Germanic word that is a compar. of a word akin to Sanskrit ni down; akin to Old English in — more at in
1. : situated down or below : lying beneath or in the lower part : lower, under
 < wandered onward till they reached the nether margin of the heath — Thomas Hardy >
 < her nether lip crept up between her upper and lower teeth — F.V.W.Mason >
 < caught between the nether millstone of higher labor costs and the upper millstone of … rigidly set price ceilings — Clark Kerr >
 < her first contact with the nether side of the smooth social surface — Edith Wharton >
2. : situated or believed to be situated beneath the surface of the earth
 < captured her and carried her off to the nether world to be his wife — S.V.McCasland >
随便看

 

英语词典包含332784条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/9/21 5:43:11