underlaid
/uhn-der-leyd/US // ˌʌn dərˈleɪd //UK // (ˌʌndəˈleɪd) //
底层的,底层,在其下的,在其下
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : placed or laid underneath, as a foundation or substratum.
- : having an underneath layer: a lace tablecloth underlaid with damask; courtesy underlaid with reserve.
v.动词 verb
- 1
- : simple past tense and past participle of underlay.
Examples
This latter test of a reasonable rate has underlaid a long line of Supreme Court decisions since the Granger case.
For this reason porous soil, covered with stout turf and underlaid by a sandy or gravelly subsoil, is best.
The sea round about for leagues is underlaid by treacherous coral reefs.
It is a sandy loam with much fine gravel and is underlaid at a depth of three feet with sand and shale fragments.
Too fearfully it is evident that these fits of acharnement were underlaid and fed by paroxysms of personal cruelty.
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