below

Word family adjectivebelowstairsprepositionbelow

be·low /bɪˈləʊ $ -ˈloʊ/ S2 W2 adverbadv , preposition → billow

1 UNDER/BELOWin a lower place or position, or on a lower level 〔地方或位置〕在…的下面；低于 OPP above

an animal that lives below ground

生活在地下的动物

Water was dripping onto the floor below.

水滴到下面的地板上。

I could hear voices in the courtyard below my window.

我能听到院子里有人在我的窗下说话。

They camped a few hundred feet below the summit.

他们在山峰下面几百英尺的地方扎了营。

Down below, people were talking and laughing.

下面，人们谈笑风生。

Somewhere far below, a door slammed.

下面远远的什么地方有一扇门砰地关上了。

The kitchen is directly below her bedroom.

厨房就在她卧室的正下方。

Captain Parker went below (=to the lower level of the ship), leaving Clooney in charge.

帕克船长下去了，让克卢尼掌舵。

► see thesaurus at under

2 POSITION/RANKof a lower rank or having a less important job than someone else 〔级别或职位〕低于 OPP above

No one below the level of senior manager was present at the meeting.

高级经理职位以下没有人出席会议。

and/or below

officers of the rank of captain and below

上尉及上尉以下的军官

3 LESSless than a particular number, amount, level etc 〔数量、水平等〕在…以下，低于 OPP above

Test scores below 50 were classed as ‘unsatisfactory’.

50分以下的测验成绩归入“不理想”一类。

In June the rate of inflation fell below 3%.

6月份，通货膨胀率降到了3%以下。

Tom’s spelling is well below average (=much worse than the normal standard).

汤姆的拼写远低于平均水平。

below freezing/zero (=lower than the temperature at which water freezes) 零下

In winter, temperatures dip to 40 degrees below freezing.

冬天，气温会降到零下40度。

and/or below

free travel for children four years old and below

四岁及四岁以下儿童免费乘车

4 TCNlower on the same page, or on a later page 〔书页上〕在下面 OPP above

Details of courses are listed below.

课程的详细介绍列在下面。

For more information, see below.

详情请看下面。

→ below par at par(2), → below the belt at belt1(4)

Examples from the Corpus

below• Answer each of the questions below.• Designer clothing was offered at wholesale prices and below.• officers of the rank of captain and below• The wood is rotted below.• Water was dripping onto the ground below.

below ground• The bird travels to the invisible worlds above, and the snake slithers into the mysteries below ground.• This themed experience is set in a labyrinth of passages, caverns and secret chambers, 60 feet below ground!• Actually, a better place to start might be below ground level.• It will be concrete-lined and in places will be 500 m below ground level.• You want the base low enough so that the first row will sink below ground level.• The larvae of the cicadas that sit shrilling on trees spend their lives below ground sucking sap from roots.• You were below ground when it happened.• I go back, and this time I find my way into nondescript offices below ground where priests are transcribing notes.

and/or below• Defendants to pay plaintiffs' costs in House of Lords and below.• In the white sector, 94 percent of primary school pupils were aged twelve or below.• Red Shiners prefer an unheated aquarium with a temperature of 72°F or below.• It's a revitalising point outside of the calf and below the knee.• Peering ahead, Carol saw in the distance, and below, the roofs and chimneys of a town.• There has been much advice given in recent years to plant with the graft bud just at or below the soil surface.• And we were all around and below them.• Above and below was still a kind of luminous dark.

well below• The loss is well below analysts' expectations.• These factors force chemical rockets to deliver specific impulses well below five hundred seconds.• I skate a surface, the dark water of possible creativity well below, frozen from me.• Supplies were not available, falling well below market requirement.• So I bought a long top, which came well below my hips, to wear with them.• Hardly chump change, but well below the $ 2. 85 million at which he signed with Carolina.• The buyer would want the price to be well below the value of his monopoly, to maximise his profits.• Yet the wages paid to the workers for their labour are well below the value of the goods they produce.

Origin below

(1300-1400) → LOW1

单词	below
释义	below Word family adjectivebelowstairsprepositionbelow be·low /bɪˈləʊ $ -ˈloʊ/ ●●● S2 W2 adverbadv , preposition → billow 1 UNDER/BELOWin a lower place or position, or on a lower level 〔地方或位置〕在…的下面；低于 OPP above an animal that lives below ground 生活在地下的动物 Water was dripping onto the floor below. 水滴到下面的地板上。 I could hear voices in the courtyard below my window. 我能听到院子里有人在我的窗下说话。 They camped a few hundred feet below the summit. 他们在山峰下面几百英尺的地方扎了营。 Down below, people were talking and laughing. 下面，人们谈笑风生。 Somewhere far below, a door slammed. 下面远远的什么地方有一扇门砰地关上了。 The kitchen is directly below her bedroom. 厨房就在她卧室的正下方。 Captain Parker went below (=to the lower level of the ship), leaving Clooney in charge. 帕克船长下去了，让克卢尼掌舵。 ► see thesaurus at under 2 POSITION/RANKof a lower rank or having a less important job than someone else 〔级别或职位〕低于 OPP above No one below the level of senior manager was present at the meeting. 高级经理职位以下没有人出席会议。 and/or below officers of the rank of captain and below 上尉及上尉以下的军官 3 LESSless than a particular number, amount, level etc 〔数量、水平等〕在…以下，低于 OPP above Test scores below 50 were classed as ‘unsatisfactory’. 50分以下的测验成绩归入“不理想”一类。 In June the rate of inflation fell below 3%. 6月份，通货膨胀率降到了3%以下。 Tom’s spelling is well below average (=much worse than the normal standard). 汤姆的拼写远低于平均水平。 below freezing/zero (=lower than the temperature at which water freezes) 零下 In winter, temperatures dip to 40 degrees below freezing. 冬天，气温会降到零下40度。 and/or below free travel for children four years old and below 四岁及四岁以下儿童免费乘车 4 TCNlower on the same page, or on a later page 〔书页上〕在下面 OPP above Details of courses are listed below. 课程的详细介绍列在下面。 For more information, see below. 详情请看下面。 → below par at par(2), → below the belt at belt1(4) Examples from the Corpus below• Answer each of the questions below.• Designer clothing was offered at wholesale prices and below.• officers of the rank of captain and below• The wood is rotted below.• Water was dripping onto the ground below. below ground• The bird travels to the invisible worlds above, and the snake slithers into the mysteries below ground.• This themed experience is set in a labyrinth of passages, caverns and secret chambers, 60 feet below ground!• Actually, a better place to start might be below ground level.• It will be concrete-lined and in places will be 500 m below ground level.• You want the base low enough so that the first row will sink below ground level.• The larvae of the cicadas that sit shrilling on trees spend their lives below ground sucking sap from roots.• You were below ground when it happened.• I go back, and this time I find my way into nondescript offices below ground where priests are transcribing notes. and/or below• Defendants to pay plaintiffs' costs in House of Lords and below.• In the white sector, 94 percent of primary school pupils were aged twelve or below.• Red Shiners prefer an unheated aquarium with a temperature of 72°F or below.• It's a revitalising point outside of the calf and below the knee.• Peering ahead, Carol saw in the distance, and below, the roofs and chimneys of a town.• There has been much advice given in recent years to plant with the graft bud just at or below the soil surface.• And we were all around and below them.• Above and below was still a kind of luminous dark. well below• The loss is well below analysts' expectations.• These factors force chemical rockets to deliver specific impulses well below five hundred seconds.• I skate a surface, the dark water of possible creativity well below, frozen from me.• Supplies were not available, falling well below market requirement.• So I bought a long top, which came well below my hips, to wear with them.• Hardly chump change, but well below the $ 2. 85 million at which he signed with Carolina.• The buyer would want the price to be well below the value of his monopoly, to maximise his profits.• Yet the wages paid to the workers for their labour are well below the value of the goods they produce. Origin below (1300-1400) → LOW1
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