| 单词 | bottom |
| 释义 | bottom n., adj., & v. --n 1. a the lowest point or part (bottom of the stairs). b the part on which a thing rests (bottom of a saucepan). c the underneath part (scraped the bottom of the car). d the furthest or inmost part (bottom of the garden). 2. colloq. a the buttocks. b the seat of a chair etc. 3. a the less honourable, important, or successful end of a table, a class, etc. (at the bottom of the list of requirements). b a person occupying this place (he's always bottom of the class). 4. the ground under the water of a lake, a river, etc. (swam until he touched the bottom). 5. the basis; the origin (he's at the bottom of it). 6. the essential character; reality. 7. Naut. a the keel or hull of a ship. b a ship, esp. as a cargo-carrier. 8. staying power; endurance. --adj 1. lowest (bottom button). 2. last (got the bottom score). --v 1. tr. put a bottom to (a chair, saucepan, etc.). 2. intr. (of a ship) reach or touch the bottom. 3. tr. find the extent or real nature of; work out. 4. tr. (usu. foll. by on) base (an argument etc.) (reasoning bottomed on logic). 5. tr. touch the bottom or lowest point of. Phrases and idioms at bottom basically, essentially. be at the bottom of have caused. bet one's bottom dollar sl. stake all. bottom dog = UNDERDOG. bottom drawer Brit. linen etc. stored by a woman in preparation for her marriage. bottom falls out collapse occurs. bottom gear see GEAR. bottom line colloq. the underlying or ultimate truth; the ultimate, esp. financial, criterion. bottom out reach the lowest level. bottoms up! a call to drain one's glass. bottom up upside-down. get to the bottom of fully investigate and explain. knock the bottom out of prove (a thing) worthless. Derivatives bottommost adj. Etymology: OE botm f. Gmc |
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