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释义 be·low
I. \bə̇ˈlō, bē-\ adverb (or adjective)
Etymology: be- + low (adverb)
1.
 a.
  (1) : at a lower level
   < the pencil rolled off the desk and fell on the floor below >
   : further down (as along a river, valley, or slope)
   < several houses below on the right bank of the stream >
  (2) : directly under : down under
   < the elevator was let down to pick up the men on the floor below >
   — sometimes used interjectionally to express warning
   < in spite of a shout “Below!” an engineer was hit on the shoulder — John May >
 b.
  (1) : on earth
   < if man is born in sin … improvements in conditions here below can be of only secondary importance — Times Literary Supplement >
  (2) : in Hades or hell
   < the fiends below >
2.
 a. : lower in rank : in a lower station
  < the kindergarten below >
 b. : in or to a court or tribunal of inferior jurisdiction
  < the learned judge below did not distinguish — American Journal of International Law >
3. : inside or into the superstructure of a boat or down from an upper deck or structure (as a bridge or pilothouse) to a lower deck
 < set his course, and went below to sleep — Saturday Review >
4.
 a. : below zero
  < 20 below >
 b. : below-the-line
II. preposition
1.
 a. : downward from
  < flower boxes below the windows >
 b. : further down from
  < a river barge moored a mile below town >
  : at a lower level than
  < lava beds lying below the volcanic cone >
 c. : at the bottom of : directly underneath
  < the caption below a picture >
 d. : farther south than
  < Richmond is below Washington >
2. : beneath
 < he thought manual labor below him >
3. : inferior to : lower down the scale than
 < fairly high in the scale of animal life and only a little below the vertebrates — R.E.Coker >
4. : covered, concealed, or hidden by
 < the real reason below the mass of pretexts >
 < below the sod >
III. noun
(-s)
1. : matter located lower on the same page or on a following page
 < the below is iambic >
2.
 a. : a lower class (as of people)
  < churches have always drawn their recruits from below — A.W.Long >
 b. : a lower region (as of a building interior, land, or water)
IV. adjective
: located lower on the same page or on a following page
 < the below list contains about 500 names >
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