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beneath

/bih-neeth, -neeth/US // bɪˈniθ, -ˈnið //UK // (bɪˈniːθ) //

在下面,在下面的位置,在下面的位置上,在下面的位置上的

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Definitions

adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : below; in or to a lower place, position, state, or the like.
    • : underneath: heaven above and the earth beneath.
prep.介词 preposition
  1. 1
    • : below; under: beneath the same roof.
    • : farther down than; underneath; lower in place than: The first drawer beneath the top one.
    • : lower down on a slope than: beneath the crest of a hill.
    • : inferior or less important, as in position, rank, or power: A captain is beneath a major.
    • : unworthy of; below the level or dignity of: to regard others as beneath one; behavior that was beneath contempt.

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Examples

  • Enceladus is an extraordinary little world, harboring a deep, warm ocean beneath its ice.

  • So Richard Johnston, an engineer at Swansea University in Wales, and his colleagues used a microCT scanner to see what lies beneath the wraps of animal mummies at the university’s Museum of Egyptian Antiquities.

  • Last week in Science Advances, researchers presented the most complete picture to date of the strange, hidden biosphere beneath the seafloor.

  • The rover will probe the ground beneath its wheels, fly a helicopter, track the weather and test tech for turning Martian air into rocket fuel.

  • There was also a danger of a possible explosion or “blowout” from pressurized gas that had accumulated in the lake during the 15 million years it’s been beneath the ice.

  • McCauley may have married beneath her station, but Gordon-Levitt has obsessive fans.

  • So for the 12 years he spent at Aldgate, Chaucer was mostly alone, with a teeming urban scene literally beneath his feet.

  • The train was already in motion as she tried to step inside, and her body was crushed beneath it.

  • And there are a few nice things buried beneath the rubble that I could use in my apartment.

  • But beneath all the shiny esteem, the 25-year-old Wright led a seedy double life.

  • Two young lovers were exchanging their hearts' yearnings beneath the children's tent, which they had found unoccupied.

  • She looked up in his face, leaning on his arm beneath the encircling shadow of the umbrella which he had lifted.

  • Now, the whole Northwest groaned beneath a cast-iron prohibition law at that time, and for some years thereafter.

  • Some of those halls that Mr. Meadow Mouse mentioned ran right out beneath the surface of the garden.

  • During this conversation Harry's right hand was resting beneath his jacket, grasping the butt of his revolver.