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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. 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. 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.