单词 | aneath |
释义 | aneathprep.adv. regional (originally and chiefly Scottish) and poetic. A. prep. Lower than; below; under; = beneath prep. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > low position > low down in or on [preposition] > under underc888 underneathc893 anunderOE aneathc1550 'neatha1582 nadir to1625 c1550 Clariodus (1830) ii. l. 511 Abone all princes aneth the firmament. 1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd iii. ii. 40 Four Inch aneath his oxter is the Mark, Scarce ever seen since he first wore a Sark. 1801 H. Macneill Poet. Wks. II. 128 Aneath thy sheltering wing I flee. 1874 G. Dudson in S. Gilpin Songs & Ballads Cumberland 3rd Ser. (ed. 2) 203 I cower aneath their look. 1976 R. Bulter Shaela 46 I wiss I felt da springin aert an da girse aneath me feet. 2000 M. Fitt But n Ben A-go-go v. 44 He felt the auld ache kittle aneath his cranium. B. adv. At a lower level or position; below; underneath; = beneath adv. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > low position > [adverb] > low down or below anunderOE nethenOE underneathc1000 beneath?c1225 theredown1297 alowc1400 belowc1400 at-lowa1500 aneath?1800 ablow1829 underfoot1886 ?1800 Lintoun Green ix. 59 Sae mony fo'k was there, Ilk but, and ben, aneath, aboon, Was filled, baith late, and ear', That merry day. 1836 T. J. Lynch & J. Aitken Rose Ettrick Vale ii. i. 42 Hurled down thae precipices edge I fell, and in the roaring torrent that rolled aneath, I escaped wi' life. 1908 J. Mackay From Maori Sea 21 When the ship she rade oot wi' the wind in her teeth, How it glinted aboon but it sabbit aneath. 2010 Press & Jrnl. (Aberdeen) (Nexis) 6 Feb. 14 The hivvy beets on wi the kilt socks aneath for warmth. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < prep.adv.c1550 |
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