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单词 underworld
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
un•der•world /ˈʌndɚˌwɜrld/USA pronunciation   n. [countable* usually singular;
usually: the + ~]
  1. Sociologythe criminal world of gangs or organized crime.
  2. Mythology(in the religious beliefs of various cultures, esp. the ancient Greeks and Romans) a place below the surface of the earth in which the spirits of the dead live on.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
un•der•world  (un′dər wûrld′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Sociologythe criminal element of human society.
  2. Mythologythe imagined abode of departed souls or spirits;
    Hades.
  3. a region below the surface, as of the earth or a body of water.
  4. the opposite side of the earth;
    the antipodes.
  5. [Archaic.]the earth.
  • under- + world 1600–10

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
underworld /ˈʌndəˌwɜːld/ n
  1. criminals and their associates considered collectively
  2. (as modifier): underworld connections
  3. the regions below the earth's surface regarded as the abode of the dead; Hades
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