| 单词 | bottom |
| 释义 | bottom (once / 81 pages) 1nadjv 2n 3n 4n 5v The bottom of something is its underside, or lowest point. You might practice swimming by diving to the bottom of a swimming pool to retrieve pennies. When you're hungry, you'll eat to the bottom of your ice cream bowl, and if you're looking for your car keys, you may need to dig to the very bottom of your tote bag. A thing's underside is also its bottom, so you might check out the bottom of your foot if you think you have a splinter. Informally, your bottom is also your buttocks, or your backside. It comes from the Old English botm, "ground" or "foundation." WORD FAMILYbottom: bottomed, bottoming, bottomless, bottomly, bottommost, bottoms+/bottomless: bottomlessly, bottomlessness USAGE EXAMPLESThe plot follows the travails of Jack as he rises and falls in the real estate industry, finding rock bottom as a warehouse slumlord. Los Angeles Times(Dec 01, 2016) The Chiefs have been criticized all season for their offensive production, which ranks in the bottom third of the NFL in most major categories. Washington Times(Dec 01, 2016) In an effort to find the hard drive, FBI agents scoured the bottom of Seccombe Lake, in the heart of San Bernardino. Los Angeles Times(Dec 01, 2016) 1 1n the lower side of anything Syn|Hypo|Hyper underside, undersurface base a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit bilgewhere the sides of the vessel curve in to form the bottom heelthe bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation solethe underside of footwear or a golf club underbellylower side bilgesin a vessel with two hulls, an enclosed area between the frames at each side Cuban heela broad heel of medium height on women's shoes French heela fairly high narrow heel on women's shoes half soleshoe sole extending from the shank to the toe innersole, insolethe inner sole of a shoe or boot where the foot rests outsolethe outer sole of a shoe or boot that is the bottom of the shoe and makes contact with the ground spike, spike heel, stiletto heela very high narrow heel on women's shoes stacked heela heel made of many layers of leather wedge, wedge heela heel that is an extension of the sole of the shoe wineglass heela heel on a woman's shoe in the shape of a wineglass face, side a surface forming part of the outside of an object 2n the lowest part of anything they started at the bottom of the hill Hypo|Hyper foot the lower part of anything base(anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment rock bottomthe absolute bottom part, region the extended spatial location of something 3n a depression forming the ground under a body of water Syn|Hypo|Hyper bed lake bed, lake bottom the bottom of a lake Davy Jones, Davy Jones's locker, ocean bottom, ocean floor, sea bottom, sea floor, seabedthe bottom of a sea or ocean river bottom, riverbeda channel occupied (or formerly occupied) by a river creek bed, streambeda channel occupied (or formerly occupied) by a stream abyssal zonethe deep sea (2000 meters or more) where there is no light continental shelfthe relatively shallow (up to 200 meters) seabed surrounding a continent bathyal district, bathyal zone, continental slopethe steep descent of the seabed from the continental shelf to the abyssal zone neritic zonethe ocean waters from the low tide mark to a depth of about 100 fathoms twilight zonethe lowest level of the ocean to which light can reach dry wash, washthe dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon) depression, natural depression a sunken or depressed geological formation 4n low-lying alluvial land near a river Syn|Hyper bottomland ground, land, soil material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use) 5adj situated at the bottom or lowest position the bottom drawer Syn|Ant bottommost, lowermost, nethermost farthest down inferiorlower than a given reference point netherlower top situated at the top or highest position sidelocated on a side best(superlative of `good') having the most positive qualities high(literal meaning) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like `knee-high') apicalsituated at an apex crowningforming or providing a crown or summit topmost, upmost, uppermostat or nearest to the top upperthe topmost one of two broadsidetoward a full side lateral, sidelongsituated at or extending to the side 6adj the lowest rank bottom member of the class Syn worst (superlative of `bad') most wanting in quality or value or condition 7v provide with a bottom or a seat bottom the chairs Hyper furnish, provide, render, supply give something useful or necessary to 8v strike the ground, as with a ship's bottom 2Hyper collide with, hit, impinge on, run into, strike hit against; come into sudden contact with n the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on 3Syn|Hyper ass, backside, behind, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush body part any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity n the second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat 4Syn|Ant|Hyper bottom of the inning top, top of the inning the first half of an inning; while the visiting team is at bat bout, round, turn (sports) a division during which one team is on the offensive n a cargo ship 5they did much of their overseas trade in foreign bottoms Syn|Hyper freighter, merchant ship, merchantman cargo ship, cargo vessel a ship designed to carry cargo v come to understand Syn|Hyper fathom, penetrate understand know and comprehend the nature or meaning of |
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