underground
英 [?nd?'gra?nd]
美[,?nd?'ɡra?nd]
- adv. 在地下；秘密地
- adj. 地下的；秘密的；先鋒派的
- n. 地下；地鐵；地道；地下組織；秘密活動；先鋒派團體
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英文詞源
- underground (adv.)
- 1570s, "below the surface," from under + ground (n.). As an adjective, attested from c. 1600; figurative sense of "hidden, secret" is attested from 1630s; adjectival meaning "subculture" is from 1953, from adjectival use in reference to World War II resistance movements against German occupation, on analogy of the dominant culture and the Nazis. Noun sense of "underground railway" is from 1887 (shortened from phrase underground railway, itself attested from 1834).
雙語例句
- 1. Solid low-level waste will be disposed of deep underground.
- 放射性水平低的固體廢料將做地下深埋處理。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. They are accused of organising and financing an underground youth movement.
- 他們被指控組織并資助地下青年運動。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The inves-tigators found that the underground pipes were badly corroded.
- 調查人員發(fā)現地下管道嚴重腐蝕。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. An underground organisation has claimed responsibility for the bomb explosion.
- 一個地下組織已經聲稱對這起炸彈爆炸事件負責。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Bus routes and railways, both overground and underground, converged on the station.
- 公共汽車線路和地上地下路軌都在該站交匯。
來自柯林斯例句