单词 | underground |
释义 | underground adv., /un"deuhr grownd"/; adj., n., v. /un"deuhr grownd'/, adv. 1. beneath the surface of the ground: traveling underground by subway. 2. in concealment or secrecy; not openly: subversion carried on underground. adj. 3. existing, situated, operating, or taking place beneath the surface of the ground. 4. used, or for use, underground. 5. hidden or secret; not open: underground political activities. 6. published or produced by political or social radicals or nonconformists: an underground newspaper. 7. avant-garde; experimental: an underground movie. 8. critical of or attacking the established society or system: underground opinion. 9. of or for nonconformists; unusual: an underground vegetarian restaurant. n. 10. the place or region beneath the surface of the ground. 11. an underground space or passage. 12. a secret organization fighting the established government or occupation forces: He fought in the French underground during the Nazi occupation of France. 13. (often cap.) a movement or group existing outside the establishment and usually reflecting unorthodox, avant-garde, or radical views. 14. Chiefly Brit. a subway system. v.t. 15. to place beneath the surface of the ground: to underground utility lines. [1565-75; UNDER- + GROUND1] |
随便看 |
英语词典包含168451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。