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subterranean

/suhb-tuh-rey-nee-uhn/US // ˌsʌb təˈreɪ ni ən //UK // (ˌsʌbtəˈreɪnɪən) //

地底,地下的,地下,地底的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Also sub·ter·ra·ne·ous.

    • : existing, situated, or operating below the surface of the earth; underground.
    • : existing or operating out of sight or secretly; hidden or secret.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person or thing that is subterranean.
    • : a subterrane.

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Examples

  • On Earth, seismologists can pinpoint subterranean rumblings by using multiple seismometers.

  • A biographer’s task is to close the gap between this surface image and a mosaic of messy subterranean facts.

  • Naked mole-rats — with their subterranean societies made up of a single breeding pair and an army of workers — seem like mammals trying their hardest to live like insects.

  • The central, subterranean station has a large, open platform, and also houses the electrical, fire safety and IT equipment.

  • From Maine to North Carolina to Texas, rising sea levels are not just chewing up shorelines but also raising rivers and swamping the subterranean infrastructure of coastal communities, making a stable life there all but impossible.

  • A link of pitches perhaps, an a-rhythmic phrase that will lead to a strong subterranean pulsation.

  • Subterranean explorers puzzled over the mysterious red door that cut off access to underground tunnels leading to the bunker.

  • At the impressive Memorial Museum in Caen there is a darkly lit subterranean section called “France in the Dark Years.”

  • And it makes one appreciate the comparatively subterranean biases of NPR, PBS, and the BBC.

  • Edie Sedgwick, the subterranean princess, was undoubtedly interesting and fun.

  • Still water runs deep, they say; and a glacial cap may conceal subterranean fires.

  • By the light of this subterranean luminary they discovered that they were standing at the foot of an ancient castle.

  • The accompanying map of part of the Catacomb of Callixtus will indicate the general plan of these subterranean galleries.

  • She was cast into a bare and miserable dungeon, in that subterranean receptacle of woe, where there was not even a bed.

  • The tufa granolare, on the contrary, was admirably adapted for the construction of these subterranean cemeteries.

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