Bottom
['bɒtəm] or ['bɑtəm]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a cargo ship; 'they did much of their overseas trade in foreign bottoms'.
(noun.) the lower side of anything.
(noun.) the lowest part of anything; 'they started at the bottom of the hill'.
(noun.) the second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat.
(verb.) strike the ground, as with a ship's bottom.
(verb.) provide with a bottom or a seat; 'bottom the chairs'.
(adj.) the lowest rank; 'bottom member of the class' .
(adj.) situated at the bottom or lowest position; 'the bottom drawer' .
克劳德整理--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The lowest part of anything; the foot; as, the bottom of a tree or well; the bottom of a hill, a lane, or a page.
(n.) The part of anything which is beneath the contents and supports them, as the part of a chair on which a person sits, the circular base or lower head of a cask or tub, or the plank floor of a ship's hold; the under surface.
(n.) That upon which anything rests or is founded, in a literal or a figurative sense; foundation; groundwork.
(n.) The bed of a body of water, as of a river, lake, sea.
(n.) The fundament; the buttocks.
(n.) An abyss.
(n.) Low land formed by alluvial deposits along a river; low-lying ground; a dale; a valley.
(n.) The part of a ship which is ordinarily under water; hence, the vessel itself; a ship.
(n.) Power of endurance; as, a horse of a good bottom.
(n.) Dregs or grounds; lees; sediment.
(a.) Of or pertaining to the bottom; fundamental; lowest; under; as, bottom rock; the bottom board of a wagon box; bottom prices.
(v. t.) To found or build upon; to fix upon as a support; -- followed by on or upon.
(v. t.) To furnish with a bottom; as, to bottom a chair.
(v. t.) To reach or get to the bottom of.
(v. i.) To rest, as upon an ultimate support; to be based or grounded; -- usually with on or upon.
(v. i.) To reach or impinge against the bottom, so as to impede free action, as when the point of a cog strikes the bottom of a space between two other cogs, or a piston the end of a cylinder.
(n.) A ball or skein of thread; a cocoon.
(v. t.) To wind round something, as in making a ball of thread.
整理:默娜
同義詞及近義詞:
n. [1]. Lowest part.[2]. Foundation, basis, groundwork, base.[3]. Dale, valley, alluvial land.[4]. Ship, vessel, sailing craft.[5]. Fundament, seat.[6]. Stamina, native strength, power of endurance.[7]. Grounds, lees, dregs, sediments.
v. a. Found, establish, build.
v. n. Rest (for support), be based.
編輯:拉维恩
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Breast, hollow, valley, deep, bed, centre, heart, mind, soul, will
ANT:Surface, exterior, manner, deportment, demeanor
SYN:Deep, profound, floor, groundwork, depth, ground, foot
ANT:Top, summit, apex, crown, brow, surface
錄入:洛伦佐
解釋/意思:
n. the lowest part of anything: that on which anything rests or is founded: the sitting part of the human body: the foot of a page &c.: low land as in a valley: the keel of a ship hence the vessel itself: the fundamental character of anything as physical stamina financial resources &c.: the portion of a wig hanging down over the shoulder as in 'full-bottom'—full-bottomed wig: (Shak.) a ball of thread.—v.t. to found or rest upon: (Shak.) to wind round or upon.—adj. Bott′omed.—ns. Bott′om-glade a glade or open space in a bottom or valley; Bott′om-grass (Shak.) grass growing on bottom lands.—adj. Bott′omless.—n. Bott′omry a contract by which money is borrowed on the security of a ship or bottom.—Bottomless pit—hell.—At bottom in reality.—From the bottom of the heart from the very heart.—To be at the bottom of to be the real origin of; To stand on one's own bottom to be independent of; To touch bottom to reach the lowest point.
錄入:梅林达
例句/造句/用法:
- It had a pale ruddy sea-bottom, with black crabs and sea-weed moving sinuously under a transparent sea, that passed into flamy ruddiness above. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- To me, you brought it; on me, you forced it; and the bottom of this raging sea,' striking himself upon the breast, 'has been heaved up ever since. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- At the bottom of the penstock is placed a turbine wheel fixed on a shaft, and to which shaft is connected an electric generator or other power machine. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- Tarzan fished the little black diary from the bottom of his quiver, and handed it to his companion. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- The ray of light from A at the bottom of the object passes through the lens at an angle, and continues in a straight line until interrupted by the film or plate. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Oliver was just considering whether he hadn't better run away, when they reached the bottom of the hill. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- At the pins end of the bed, this forms one of the sides and the bottom of the pit. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Strong bulkheads, and double bottoms with air-tight compartments, impart buoyancy in case of collision. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- It is a beautiful country, he replied; but these bottoms must be dirty in winter. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- They were sodden, as were his socks and trouser-bottoMs. But he himself was quick and warm. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- In addition to the sands on the beaches, they occur very abundantly in many inland locations, which were formerly sea bottoms, and very extensively in the great deserts of the world. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Simply because if ice sank to the bottoms of rivers, lakes, and oceans as fast as it froze, those places would be frozen up and there would be no water left. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- We were twenty days upon the road, crossing two sea bottoms and passing through or around a number of ruined cities, mostly smaller than Korad. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- As soon as these are hot, gas and air are shut off by valves from chambers C and E, and gas and air admitted to the bottoms of the now hot chambers C′ and E′. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- These and other machines complete the soles and heels, which are finally sent to the making or bottoming room, where the completed shoe uppers await them. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Rush-bottomed arm-chairs faced each other across the tiled hearth, and rows of Delft plates stood on shelves against the walls. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- Double-bottomed boxes are so well known that it is useless to describe them. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- No full-bottomed wig, no red petticoats, no fur, no javelin-men, no white wands. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Cane-backed and bottomed chairs and lounges only a few years ago were a luxury of the rich and made slowly by hand. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
錄入:保拉