| 单词 | netherworld |
| 释义 | netherworld (once / 71633 pages) n The netherworld is an alternate universe for the dead, aka hell. Sartre portrayed it as a room with annoying furniture and a quirky love triangle. On Earth, netherworld refers to a secret underworld or a no-man’s land. In many religions and mythologies, including Buddhism and Islam, there is some concept of a world after death, a place where departed souls go. The netherworld is often deep underground, and sometimes the dead are sent there as a kind of punishment, although often it's merely a stop on the way to an afterlife. A netherworld up here is usually some seedy underworld-type situation where secret things happen. Netherworld, "place beneath the earth," comes from nether, "down or below." WORD FAMILYnetherworld: netherworlds USAGE EXAMPLES“Once we got our equipment in there, it was a hermetically sealed netherworld.” New York Times(Dec 02, 2016) Giger’s visions of hellish monstrosities gave the original slasher in space an enduring veneer of infernal threat, of unspeakable things from cursed netherworlds. The Guardian(Oct 25, 2016) Most Alzheimer or dementia patients are NOT profoundly unhappy, but in a kind of "netherworld" of confusion or lost memories. New York Times(Oct 06, 2016) n (religion) the world of the dead Syn|Hyper Hades, Hell, Scheol, infernal region, underworld fictitious place, imaginary place, mythical place a place that exists only in imagination; a place said to exist in fictional or religious writings |
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