below
adverb,preposition
uk/bɪˈləʊ/us/bɪˈloʊ/belowadverb,preposition(POSITION)
A1
in alowerposition(than), under:
在较低处；在某平面之下；（位置）低于From thetopof theskyscraperthecarsbelow uslookedlikeinsects.从摩天大楼顶上往下看，下面的汽车小得像昆虫一样。
The author'snamewasprintedbelow thetitle.作者的名字登在标题之下。
Forfurtherinformationon thissubject,seebelow(=loweron thepageorlaterin thebook).关于这一点的详细说明请看下文。
The ship'scaptainwent below(= to thelower,coveredpartof theship).船长去下层甲板了。
Do you usuallywearyourskirtsabove or below theknee?你通常穿露膝裙还是过膝裙？
She has threepeopleworkingbelow her(=peopleto whom she givesorders).她有三名下属。
- Welookedout of theaircraftwindowdown onto thepatchworkoffieldsbelow.
- Thesunglowedredas itsankslowlybelow thehorizon.
- Thetemperatureisexpectedtodropto tendegreesbelow zerotonight.
- Theresultsare well below what weexpected.
- Pleaseprintyournameclearlybelowyoursignature.
Under & below
- beneath
- low
- lower
- neath
- nether
- sub
- ultra-low
- under
- underfoot
- underlying
- underneath
belowadverb,preposition(LESS)
B1
less than aparticularamountorlevel:
少于；小于；低于They have threechildrenbelowtheageof(=youngerthan)four.他们有3个不到4岁的孩子。
HismarksinEnglishhave been belowaveragefor sometimenow.最近一段时间他的英语成绩一直低于平均水平。
Thetemperaturehasfallenbelowfreezing(= has been less than 0°C)recently.最近气温已经降到零下了。
Lastnightit was tendegreesbelow (zero)(=minustendegrees).昨晚只有零下10度。
Small in number and quantity
- beggarly
- bubkes
- certain
- could countsomethingon (the fingers of) one handidiom
- count
- drabs
- mingy
- minimal
- minimally
- modestly
- narrow
- outside
- remote
- scantly
- slenderness
- smallness
- some
- speak
- strength
- suggestion
Grammar
Below
Below is a preposition or an adverb.…Below meaning ‘lower than’
We use below most commonly as a preposition meaning ‘lower than’. It has a similar meaning to under. The opposite of below is above. We use it when there is no contact between people or things:…Belowreferring forward in writing
In formal writing, we use below to refer to something that we will mention or show later:…Below: typical error
We don’t use below when one thing touches or covers or hides something else; we usually use under instead:…Beneath,underorbelow?
Beneath has a meaning similar to under and below but we do not use it with numbers:…Idiom
below the belt