喜樂美語

Picture a layer of earth over your head: whatever is under it cannot be seen from the street. Underground can be thought of as carrying two things at once — the literal position (below the surface) and everything that comes with being out of sight (nobody watching, no permission needed, no crowd). English uses the same word for a train tunnel, for a group hiding from the government, and for music that never reaches the mainstream, because all three sit under that same layer of earth, real or imagined.

可以想成頭頂上蓋著一層土：土底下的東西，從街上是看不到的。underground 就像同時帶著兩件事——實際的位置（在地面以下），以及「看不見」所附帶的一切（沒人盯著、不必經過誰批准、也沒有人潮）。英文用同一個字講地鐵隧道、講躲著政府的組織、講從不進入主流的音樂，正是因為這三者都待在那層土底下，只是有的是真的土，有的是想像出來的。

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同家族的字

複數 undergrounds

意思相近

subterraneansecretalternativebelow-groundclandestineindieburiedcovertnichebelow groundundercovernon-mainstream+12

意思相反

overgroundopenmainstreamabove-groundpublicpopularsurfaceofficialcommercialabove groundgo publicon the surface+1

原始詞典資料12 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Undergroundname

  • 1

    rail-transportrailwaystransportThe London Underground.

    • Although some of the stations on ' The Branch ' have not, as yet, suffered any considerable structural alterations, all are now equipped with the familiar Underground type name boards, and as a result the imposing titles of G.N. days have been ruthlessly curtailed.
    • Heathrow has a 28% share of passengers arriving by rail, two-thirds of whom come by the Underground.

undergroundadj詞源 1/ˌʌn.dəˈɡɹaʊnd/

  • 1

    Below the ground; below the surface of the Earth.

    • There is an underground tunnel that takes you across the river.
    • One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.
  • 2

    Hidden, furtive, secretive.

    • These criminals operate through an underground network.
  • 3

    Of or relating to an art forms (such as music) or subculture that is outside the mainstream, especially one that is unofficial and hidden from the authorities.

    • underground music
    • ‘[…]he wrote to me last week telling me about an incredible bitch of a row blazing there on account of someone having been and gone and produced an unofficial magazine called Raddled, full of obscene libellous Oz-like filth. And what I though, what Sammy and I thought, was—why not?’ ‘Why not what?’ said Tom. ‘Why not do the same thing here?’ ‘You mean an underground magazine?’ ‘Yup.’

undergroundadv詞源 1/ˌʌn.dəˈɡɹaʊnd/

  • 1

    Below the ground.

    • The tunnel goes underground at this point.
  • 2

    Secretly.

undergroundnoun詞源 1/ˌʌn.dəˈɡɹaʊnd/

  • 1

    geographynatural-sciencesThe regions beneath the surface of the earth, both natural (eg. caves) and man-made (eg. mines).

  • 2

    Synonym of subway: a railway that is under the ground.

    • London Underground
  • 3

    A movement or organization of people who resist political convention.

    • the French underground during World War II
    • Victor, please, don't go to the underground meeting tonight.
  • 4

    A movement or organization of people who resist artistic convention.

undergroundverb詞源 1/ˌʌn.dəˈɡɹaʊnd/

  • 1

    To route electricity distribution cables underground.

    • One is to underground where no other alternative will work, and this method should be used universally in urban regions as it now is in “downtown” sections.
    • Also, undergrounding may not eliminate the potential for crashes with other roadside objects, such as trees, walls, buildings, and so forth. [...] When looking at the fesibility of undergrounding utilities, the complete roadside area and nearby adjacent properties should be evaluated for potential roadside obstructions or hazards.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

  • undergrind

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。