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bottom/ˈbɒtəm/ n., adj. & v.●n. 1a the lowest point or part 底，底部，底层 bottom of the stairs 楼梯脚 b the part on which a thing rests 最低部位 bottom of a saucepan 带柄的平底锅底 c the underneath part 最低下部分 scraped the bottom of the car 刮了汽车的底部 d the furthest or inmost part 远端，尽头；内心深处 bottom of the garden 花园的尽头 2 colloq. [口]a the buttocks 屁股 b the seat of a chair etc. (椅子等的)座部，座面 3a the less honourable, important, or successful end of a table, a class, etc. (席位等的)末座；(班级等中的)末名；末尾 at the bottom of the list of requirements 最末一项要求 b a person occupying this place 最低位置的人 he's always bottom of the class 他总是全班最末一名 4 the ground under the water of a lake, a river, etc. (湖泊、河流等的)水底 swam until he touched the bottom 他一直游到水底 5 the basis; the origin 基础，根据；来源 he's at the bottom of it 他是这件事的起因 6 the essential character; reality 本质；真实，实在 7 Naut. 【海】a the keel or hull of a ship 船的龙骨(或船体) b a ship, esp. as a cargo carrier 船(尤指货船) 8 archaic staying power; endurance [古义]持久力，耐力 ●adj. 1 lowest; last 最低的；最后的；最下面的 bottom button 最下面的钮扣; bottom score 最低分数 2 lower 后半局的 bottom half 后半局 ●v. 1 tr. put a bottom to (a chair, saucepan, etc.) 给(椅子)装座面；在(长柄平底锅)上装底 2 intr. (of a ship) reach or touch the bottom (船)到达底部；触及底层；近水底 3 tr. find the extent or real nature of; work out 对…寻根究底；探明…的真相 4 tr. (usu. foll. by 通常后跟 on) base (an argument etc.) 为(论点等)提供根据 reasoning bottomed on logic 以逻辑为基础的推理 5 tr. touch the bottom or lowest point of 使到达底部(或最低点) □ at bottom basically, essentially 基本上，实质上 □ be at the bottom of have caused 是真正的起因(或根源) □ bet one's bottom dollar slang [俚语] 1 stake all 倾囊下注 2 be very sure 绝对有把握地打赌 □ bottom falls (or drops) out collapse occurs 出现垮台的局面 □ bottom out reach the lowest level 达最低点 □ bottoms up! a call to drain one's glass 干杯！(用作劝酒语) □ bottom up Brit. upside-down [英]颠倒着，底朝天 □ get to the bottom of fully investigate and explain 探明…的真相；弄清…的起因；寻到…的根子 □ knock the bottom out of prove (a thing) worthless 证明…无价值 □ bottommost /ˈbɒtəmməʊst/ adj.[Old English botm, from Germanic] |