Subterranean
[,sʌbtə'reɪnɪən] or [,sʌbtə'renɪən]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed); 'subterranean motives for murder'; 'looked too closely for an ulterior purpose in all knowledge'- Bertrand Russell .
(adj.) being or operating under the surface of the earth; 'subterranean passages'; 'a subsurface flow of water' .
整理:内莉--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Alt. of Subterraneous
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同義詞及近義詞：
a. Underground, subterrene.
整理:蒂娜
解釋/意思:
adj. under the earth or ground—also Subterrā′neous Subterrēne′ Subterres′trial.—adv. Subterrā′neously.
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例句/造句/用法:
- If the subterranean forces find vent in one place, there is less chance of them breaking out in another. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- The waters of this placid subterranean lake are the brightest, loveliest blue that can be imagined. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- It was as if some subterranean dislike overcame them. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Here we are at the palace gate, said Crispin gayly, as he led the way towards the subterranean entrance. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- For quite half an hour we descended and then the shaft terminated abruptly in the dome of a mighty subterranean world. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- When the demands and wishes of others forbid their direct expression they are easily driven into subterranean and deep channels. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- Hutton thought that t he compression under which the subterranean heat had been applied was a factor in the solution of these problems. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- She continued this as we wound our tedious way through the maze of subterranean passages and chambers. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- Mr. Snagsby was about to descend into the subterranean regions to take tea when he looked out of his door just now and saw the crow who was out late. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Yes, the battle is subterranean! 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- He had a queer, subterranean beauty, repulsive too. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- All strata are sedimentary, consolidated at the bottom of the sea by the pressure of the water and by subterranean heat. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- We rode on asses and mules up the steep, narrow streets and entered the subterranean galleries the English have blasted out in the rock. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- There is a mile or so of this subterranean work, and it must have cost a vast deal of money and labor. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- This is thrown up by the prairie-dog when he digs out his subterranean home. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
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