beneath
英 [b?'ni?θ]
美[b?'niθ]
- prep. 在…之下
- adv. 在下方
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中文詞源
beneath 在下面
前綴be-, 強調。neath, 下面，同nether, 下面的。
英文詞源
- beneath
- beneath: [OE] Beneath is a compound adverb and preposition, formed in Old English from bi ‘by’ and nithan or neothan ‘below’. This came originally from Germanic *nith- (also the source of nether [OE]), a derivative of the base *ni- ‘down’.
=> nether - beneath (adv., adj.)
- Old English beneoean "beneath, under, below," from be- "by" + neoean "below," originally "from below," from Proto-Germanic *nitar "lower, farther down, down" (see nether). Meaning "unworthy of" is attested from 1849 (purists prefer below in this sense). "The be- gave or emphasized the notion of 'where,' excluding that of 'whence' pertaining to the simple niean" [OED].
雙語例句
- 1. The doctor worked busily beneath the blinding lights of the delivery room.
- 這位醫生在產房刺目的燈光下忙碌著。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Patterson pointed toward a plain cardboard box beneath a long wooden table.
- 帕特森指著長木桌下的一個普通的紙板箱。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Somewhere deep beneath the surface lay a caring character.
- 在內心深處的某個角落里埋藏著一顆愛心。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Beneath the conscious mind there are many levels of the unconscious.
- 在意識心理之下存在很多層次的無意識。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. The flagstones beneath their feet were worn smooth by centuries of use.
- 他們腳下的石板路經過數百年的踩踏，磨得光溜溜的。
來自柯林斯例句