below

副词 adv. 介词 prep.
中文释义
英 /bɪˈləʊ/    美 /bɪˈloʊ/

英文释义

副词 adv.
  1. In or to a lower place. not-comparable
    — The town is situated on a hillside, with a river running below.
  2. In or to a lower place.; On or to a lower storey. not-comparable
    — She lives below, on the ground floor.
  3. In or to a lower place.; On or to a lower deck, especially as relative to the main deck. not-comparable
    — The captain went below to inspect the engine.
  4. Later in the same text. not-comparable
    — This point is explained below.
  5. Below zero. not-comparable
    — It was forty degrees below.
介词 prep.
  1. Lower in spatial position than.
    — One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn, after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free from interruption, for he was seated on a horse-block below me, playing with a fox terrier.
  2. Lower than in value, price, rank, concentration, etc.
    — one degree below kings
  3. Downstream of.
    — The River Thames is tidal below Teddington Lock.
  4. South of.
    — Sudan is below Egypt.
  5. Unsuitable to the rank or dignity of; beneath.
    — They beheld, with a just loathing and disdain, […] how below all history the persons and their actions were.
  6. Downstage of.
    — Below the sofa is a low, round coffee table.

词汇关系

近义词
under beneath underneath
反义词
above over upstream aloft overhead up upstairs upwards
衍生词
bag below one's eye bag below the eye below the law below the mahogany below the belt below average below decks belowdecks below ground belowground belowness below par below-stairs below stairs belowstairs below the breadline below the fold below the gangway below the line below the radar below the salt below the surface come from below cut below down below fall below go below here below hereinbelow hit below one's weight keep one's head below the parapet macron below punch below one's weight scratch below the surface send below Tribeca

词源

词源 1
From Middle English bilooghe, equivalent to be- + low. Compare also earlier Middle English alogh, alow, aloȝ, alowe (“below”), benethen (“beneath”), Dutch omlaag (“downwards”).
词源 2
From Middle English bilooghe, equivalent to be- + low. Compare also earlier Middle English alogh, alow, aloȝ, alowe (“below”), benethen (“beneath”), Dutch omlaag (“downwards”).
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