| 单词 | below |
| 释义 | below /bi loh"/, adv. 1. in or toward a lower place: Look out below! 2. on, in, or toward a lower level, as a lower deck of a ship: The captain of the ship went below. 3. beneath the surface of the water: Divers were sent below to view the wreck. 4. on earth: the fate of creatures here below. 5. in hell or the infernal regions. 6. at a later point on a page or in a text: See the illustration below. Cf. above (def. 5). 7. in a lower rank or grade: He was demoted to the class below. 8. under zero on the temperature scale: The temperature in Buffalo was ten below this morning. 9. Theat. downstage. Cf. above (def. 8). 10. Zool. on the lower or ventral side. prep. 11. lower down than: below the knee. 12. lower in rank, degree, amount, rate, etc., than: below cost; below freezing. 13. too low or undignified to be worthy of; beneath: He considered such an action below his notice. 14. Theat. downstage of: There are two chairs below the table. [1275-1325; ME bilooghe, equiv. to bi- by (see BE-) + looghe LOW1] Syn. 11. BELOW, UNDER, BENEATH indicate position in some way lower than something else. BELOW implies being in a lower plane: below the horizon, the water line. UNDER implies being lower in a perpendicular line: The book is under the chair. BENEATH may have a meaning similar to BELOW, but more usually denotes being under so as to be covered, overhung, or overtopped: the pool beneath the falls. |
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