英语词汇“beneath”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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Things that are under something else are beneath it. A star gazer is beneath the night sky, and tropical fish swim beneath the surface of the water.

When one apple hangs lower on a tree than another, the first apple is beneath the second. You can also use the adjective beneath in a figurative way, to describe something that ranks lower or has a low worth or status: "He didn't want to play soccer at all, because he thought the Junior Varsity team was beneath him." The Old English root is beneoðan, combining be-, "by," and neoðan, "below."

WORD FAMILY

beneath

USAGE EXAMPLES

Beneath brightly colored pictures featuring a wounded heart with wings, a chorus of students sang Michael Jackson’s “Man in the Mirror.”

Washington Post(Dec 31, 2016)

She gestured toward her family, sitting beside her beneath the painted angels.

New York Times(Dec 31, 2016)

I sometimes wonder why I responded this way, and what lies beneath a lie.

The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016)

adv in or to a place that is lower

Syn|Ant

at a lower place, below, to a lower place

above, higher up, in a higher place, to a higher place

in or to a place that is higher

单词	beneath
释义	beneath (once / 70 pages) adv Things that are under something else are beneath it. A star gazer is beneath the night sky, and tropical fish swim beneath the surface of the water. When one apple hangs lower on a tree than another, the first apple is beneath the second. You can also use the adjective beneath in a figurative way, to describe something that ranks lower or has a low worth or status: "He didn't want to play soccer at all, because he thought the Junior Varsity team was beneath him." The Old English root is beneoðan, combining be-, "by," and neoðan, "below." WORD FAMILY beneath USAGE EXAMPLES Beneath brightly colored pictures featuring a wounded heart with wings, a chorus of students sang Michael Jackson’s “Man in the Mirror.” Washington Post(Dec 31, 2016) She gestured toward her family, sitting beside her beneath the painted angels. New York Times(Dec 31, 2016) I sometimes wonder why I responded this way, and what lies beneath a lie. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) adv in or to a place that is lower Syn\|Ant at a lower place, below, to a lower place above, higher up, in a higher place, to a higher place in or to a place that is higher
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