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underground

美音:[´ʌndəg´raund ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
英音:[´ʌndəg´raund ]点这儿播放单词英音发声
adj.地下的,地面下的,秘密的 n.[英] 地铁 adv.在地下,秘密地

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词形变化:

动词过去式:undergrounded 过去分词:undergrounded 现在分词:undergrounding 第三人称单数:undergrounds

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under-=under,beneath 由“在下面”“下面的”演变为“不够地”意思

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/,ʌndə'graʊnd; ,ʌndɚ`ˇraund/
adv
1 under the surface of the ground 在地面下; 在地下.
2 (fig 比喻) in or into secrecy or hiding 秘密地; 暗中地
*He went underground to avoid the police. 他藏了起来以免被警方发现.

/'ʌndəgraʊnd; `ʌndɚ`ˇraund/
adj [attrib作定语]
1 under the surface of the ground 在地面下的; 地下的
*underground passages, caves, etc 地下通道、洞穴等
* an underground car-park 地下停车场.
2 (fig 比喻) secret, esp of an illegal political organization 秘密的; (尤指)非法政治组织的
*the underground resistance movement, ie of the French opposing the German occupation of France during World War II 地下抵抗运动(第二次世界大战期间法国反对德国占领的运动)
* the underground press 地下刊物.

n the underground
1 [sing] (alsoBrit infml 英式口语作 the tube, US subway) undergroundrailway 地下铁路; 地铁
*travel by underground 乘坐地铁
* fares on the London Underground 伦敦地铁的车费
* [attrib 作定语] underground stations 地铁车站.
2 [CGp] secret (esp political) organization or activity 秘密的(尤指政治的)组织或活动
*work for, join, contact the underground 为地下组织工作、参加地下组织、与地下组织取得联系.
1. We can find underground railways in many countries.
    我们可以在许多国家中发现地下铁路.

2. These men work underground for 6 hours at a time , mining for coal.
    这些人在地下工作一次挖煤6小时。

3. They stayed underground for twenty minutes and waited for the siren to sound again.
    他们在地下呆了二十分钟,等候警报器再一次响起.

4. This immense chasm has been formed by an underground stream which has tunnelled a course through a flaw in the rocks.
    这个深邃的洞穴是由一条地下暗泉冲刷岩石中的缝隙并使之慢慢变大而形成的。

5. He eluded capture for weeks by hiding underground.
    他为免被捕躲藏了几个星期.

6. Suddenly they came to a waterfall which droped into an underground lake at the bottom of the cave.
    他们突然遇见一条瀑布,它直泻入洞底的地下湖里。

7. Suddenly they came to a waterfall which dropped into an underground lake at the bottom of the cave.
    突然,他们来到一道瀑布前,那瀑布奔泻而下,注入洞底一处地下湖里。

8. Upon leaving Paris, trains will whistle along at an approximate speed of 186 miles per hour until they go underground, but will creep along as slow as 50 miles per hour behind local trains the last 68 miles to London.
    火车离开巴黎,呼啸着以大约186英里的时速驶入地下,行至距伦敦68英里处的时候,却只能跟在当地的火车后面,以每小时50英里的速度慢慢爬行。

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