单词 | subterraneous |
释义 | subterraneous (once / 9602 pages) adj WORD FAMILY subterraneous: subterraneously USAGE EXAMPLESThese men had contrived to make the cave as comfortable a berth as a subterraneous place could be. Cobbold, Richard, The History of Margaret Catchpole—A...(2012) Beneath it are subterraneous passages, choked with rubbish, which lead, no one knows whither. Marryatt, Florence, There is no Death(2012) He thinks that the Proteus Anguinis is the first stage of an animal prevented from growing to perfection by inhabiting the subterraneous waters of Carniola. Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon), Curiosities of Medical Experience(2012) 1adj being or operating under the surface of the earth Syn subterranean subsurface beneath the surface 2adj lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed) Syn subterranean, ulterior covert secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed |
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