below
below
preposition
below (the) ground
preposition
- extending underneath
到…下面，在…下面
the tunnel below the crags.
峭壁下面的隧道。
cables running below the floorboards.
铺在地板下面的电线。
hanging space below a top storage shelf.
顶层储藏架下面的挂物空间。 - at a lower level or layer than
（位置或层面）低于
just below the pocket was a stain.
就在口袋下方有一块污渍。
blistered skin below his collar.
衣领下面起水泡的皮肤。
■lower in grade or rank than
（级别或地位）低于
below us in the League.
在联合会中地位低于我们。
they rated its financial soundness below its competitor's.
他们认为其财力不及竞争对手。 - lower than (a specified amount, rate, or norm)
（数量，等级或标准）在…以下，低于
below average.
平均水平以下。
below freezing.
冰点以下。
a dive to below 60 feet.
深度超过60英尺的潜水。
below 50 mph.
时速50英里以内。
if your account falls below $5,000.
假如你的账户上剩下不足5,000美元。
- at a lower level or layer
在下面，在下层
he jumped from the window into the moat below.
他从窗户跳进下面的壕沟里。
■(in printed text) mentioned later or further down on the same page
在同一页的下面（被提到），在下文中
our nutritionist is pictured below right.
我们的营养学家的肖像如右下方。
■(Nautical)below deck
(航海)在主甲板下
I'll go below and fix us a drink.
我去船舱给大家准备饮料。
below (the) ground
- beneath the surface of the ground
在地面以下，在地下
- (Brit. dated)in the basement of a house as occupied by servants
(英，旧)在（仆人用的）地下室
- late Middle English (as an adverb): from be- 'by' + the adjective lowNot common until the 16th cent., the word developed a prepositional use and was frequent in Shakespeare
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