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underbody

/uhn-der-bod-ee/US // ˈʌn dərˌbɒd i //UK // (ˈʌndəˌbɒdɪ) //

车底,车身底部,车底板,车身下层

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural un·der·bod·ies.

    • : the bottom or underneath part, as of a mechanism or animal: the underbody of a tank.
    • : Nautical. the portion of a hull that is normally underwater.

Examples

  • The color of the original Conestoga wagons never varied: the underbody was always blue and the upper parts were red.

  • Then the wolf made a leap, and I saw his light-gray underbody right over my head as he flashed after poor Bozie.

  • The other Hun hurtled down past the "Gamecock's" tail, turned under her, and whirled upward, firing at her underbody.

  • The green sea-growth on her underbody fans and waves in the tide, showing long voyaging in the crust and stage of it.

  • "The whole of the underbody of the outer envelope is watertight," he remarked.