underneath

underneath
preposition& adverb

situated directly below (something else)
在（他物）下面；在（他物）底下
[as prep.]our bedroom's right underneath theirs.
我们的卧室就在他们的底下。
[as adv.]his eyes were red-rimmed with black bags underneath.
他红肿的眼睛下有黑色眼袋。
[as adj.]on longer hair, the underneath layers can be permed to give extra body.
更长头发的下层可以烫得使发型更具质感。
■situated on a page directly below (a picture or another piece of writing)
在书页（图画，文字）下面
[as prep.]four names written neatly underneath each other.
一个挨着一个，工工整整地写着四个人名。
[as adv.]there was writing underneath.
下面有字。
so as to be concealed by (something else)
在（他物）掩盖下；在（他物）背后
[as prep.]money changed hands underneath the table.
在桌面下将钱转手。
underneath his aloof air, Nicky was a warm and open young man.
年轻的尼克外表冷漠，实际上为人热情宽容。
[as adv.]paint peeling off in flakes to reveal greyish plaster underneath.
油漆脱落后露出下面的灰泥底。
■partly or wholly concealed by (a garment)
（部分，全部）在（衣服）下面
[as prep.]she could easily see the broadness of his shoulders underneath a tailored white sports shirt.
她可以很容易地看见他定制白运动衫下宽宽的肩膀。
[as adv.]undoing her jacket to reveal nothing but a clingy bra underneath.
解开她短上衣，露出里面仅有的贴身乳罩。

noun

[in sing.]the part or side of something facing towards the ground; the underside
下面；底部；里面

语源

Old English underneothan: compare with beneath

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