| 释义 |
underground
I. \| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ adverb
Etymology: under (II) + ground, n.
1. : beneath the surface of the earth
< water flowing underground >
< burrowing underground >
2. : in or into hiding or secret operation
< an ideology driven underground develops into a more virulent form — W.O.Douglas >
< the association soon became subversive and went underground — Harold Ingrams >
II. \ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ adjective
1. : being, growing, or situated below the surface of the ground
< underground cave >
< underground cellar >
< underground stream >
< underground rhizomes >
2. : dwelling in an underworld
< mythical underground people >
3. : used or adapted for use or wear underground : employed or performing duties underground
< underground foreman >
< underground shovel >
4. : done or occurring underground especially away from public knowledge : conducted or conveyed by secret or stealthy means
< underground revolutionary activity >
< the underground life of civilized societies — Edward Sapir >
III. noun
Etymology: underground (II)
1. : the space or place beneath the surface of the ground : a subterranean space or channel
2. : ground or soil lying beneath the surface or beneath something else
3. : an underground city railway system
< the London Underground >
4.
a. : a movement or group organized in strict secrecy among citizens in an occupied or totalitarian country for maintaining communications, popular solidarity, and concerted resistive action pending liberation
< the underground in Occupied France >
b. : a clandestine conspiratorial cell or organization set up for revolutionary or other disruptive purposes especially against a civil order — used with the
< the Communist underground in wartime Germany >
IV. adjective
1.
a. : existing outside the establishment or mainstream
< an underground literary reputation >
b. : existing outside the purview of tax collectors or statisticians
< the underground economy >
2.
a. : produced or published outside the establishment especially by the avant-garde
< underground movies >
< underground newspapers >
b. : of or relating to the avant-garde underground
< an underground theater >
V. noun
: a usually avant-garde group or movement that functions outside the establishment
VI. \¦ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ¦ ̷ ̷ \ transitive verb
Etymology: underground (I)
: to place underground
< undergrounding power lines > |