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underground

英 [ʌndə'graʊnd] 美[,ʌndə'ɡraʊnd]

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adv. 在地下；秘密地
adj. 地下的；秘密的；先锋派的
n. 地下；地铁；地道；地下组织；秘密活动；先锋派团体

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英英释意

1. a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force

2. electric underground railway

英文词源

underground (adv.): 1570s, "below the surface," from under + ground (n.). As an adjective, attested from c. 1600; figurative sense of "hidden, secret" is attested from 1630s; adjectival meaning "subculture" is from 1953, from adjectival use in reference to World War II resistance movements against German occupation, on analogy of the dominant culture and the Nazis. Noun sense of "underground railway" is from 1887 (shortened from phrase underground railway, itself attested from 1834).

同义词辨析

underground, subway, tube

这些名词均可表示"地铁"之意。

underground：一般用词，指城市中的地铁，主要用于英国。

subway：指城市中的地铁或通道，主要用于美国。

tube：主要用于英国口语中。

考试真题

Millions of irrigation wells in many countries are now pumping water out of underground sources faster than rainfall can refill them.

millions of irrigation wells in many countries are now pumping water out of underground sources faster than rainfall can refill them.

Some animals grow thicker fur, or live in tree holes or underground to stay warm.

There's a high-tech underground trash disposal system.

Unless renewables become cheap enough that substantial carbon deposits are left underground for a very long time, if not forever, the planet will likely be exposed to potentially catastrophic climate risks.

Right into the early 20th century, kitchens were smoky, noisy places, generally located underground, or to the back of the house, and as far from living space as possible.

Stored underground in large salt caves in Louisiana, this stockpile is called the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, and currently contains over 600 million barrels of oil, roughly equivalent to one month's supply.

As a measure to counter future shortages, the American government decided to establish a stockpile of oil in caves underground

It then ships the gas 200 miles by pipeline to Canada, where it is pumped underground in oil recovery operations.

But once these plants use up their stored reserve or tap out the underground supply, they cease growing and start to die.

right into the early 20th century, kitchens were smoky, noisy places, generally located underground, or to the back of the house, and as far from living space as possible.

According to London underground, only 40 percent of travelers walk the full length of long escalators, leaving the majority at the bottom as they wait to get on to the "standing "side.

Holborn has one of the longest sets of escalators on the underground network at 23.

If you want to take an underground journey, which place is the best choice?

In 1863 the first underground passenger railway in the world opened in London.

In the first move of its kind, all travelers will be forced to stand on both sides of escalators on the London underground as part of a plan to increase capacity at the height of the rush hour.

Peter mcnaught, operations director at London underground, said: "It may not seem right that you can go quicker by standing still, but our experiments at holborn have proved that it can be true."

The city planner decided to build an underground drainage system, but there simply wasn't enough difference between the height of the ground level and the water level.

A string of accidents, including the partial collapse of a cooling tower in 207 and the discovery of an underground pipe system leakage, raised serious questions about both Vermont Yankee’s safety and Entergy’s management- especially after the company made misleading statements about the pipe.

A string of accidents, including the partial collapse of a cooling tower in 2007 and the discovery of an underground pipe system leakage, raised serious questions about both Vermont Yankee's safety and Entergy's management– especially after the company ma

The shortage is compounded by federal immigration raids, which remove some workers and drive others underground.

实用场景例句

underground passages/caves/streams: 地下通道 / 洞穴 / 溪流

underground cables: 地下电缆

an underground resistance movement: 地下抵抗运动

Rescuers found victims trapped several feet underground.: 营救人员发现有受难者被困在地下几英尺处。

toxic waste buried deep underground: 深埋在地下的有毒废弃物

He went underground to avoid arrest.: 他隐藏起来以防被捕。

underground stations: 地铁车站

the London Underground: 伦敦地铁

I always travel by underground.: 我总是乘地铁。

Solid low-level waste will be disposed of deep underground...: 放射性水平低的固体废料将做地下深埋处理。

The plane hit so hard that one engine was buried 16 feet underground.: 飞机猛烈撞击地面，致使一个引擎陷到了地下16英尺处。

...a woman alone in the underground waiting for a train...: 独自在地铁里等车的女子

He crossed London by underground...: 他乘地铁穿过伦敦。

These US dollars were smuggled into the country during the war, to aid the underground.: 战争期间，这些美元被偷运到该国，用以资助那里的地下组织。

...the underground Kashmir Liberation Front...: 秘密的克什米尔解放阵线

They are accused of organising and financing an underground youth movement.: 他们被指控组织并资助地下青年运动。

After the violent clashes of 1981 they either went underground or left the country.: 经历了1981年的激烈冲突之后，他们或转入地下，或离开了该国。

...opposition leaders, who are working underground because of the threat of arrest.: 面临被捕危险不得不秘密开展工作的反对派领导人

His father is a member of the underground.: 他父亲是一名地下组织的成员.

This is the biggest underground lake yet discovered.: 这是迄今为止所发现的最大地下湖.

The mole bored its way underground.: 鼹鼠在地下挖掘路.

Recently they have laid an underground pipeline.: 他们最近铺了一条地下管道.

Mud oozed from underground.: 泥浆从地下冒出来.

They caved in the roof of the underground passage with powerful explosives.: 他们用强大的炸药把地下通道的顶部炸塌陷了.

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