underground

柯林斯詞典

副詞讀作 ??nd??gra?nd 。名詞和形容詞讀作??nd??gra?nd。

1. ADV Something that is underground is below the surface of the ground. 在地下[ADV after v]
Solid low-level waste will be disposed of deep underground. 低放射性固躰廢物將被棄置在地下深処。
2. ADJ Underground is also an adjective. 地下的[ADJ n]
...an underground parking garage for 2,100 vehicles. …一座能停放2100輛車的地下停車庫(kù)。
3. N-SING Theunderground in a city is the railway system in which electric trains travel below the ground in tunnels. 地鉄[英國(guó)英語(yǔ)] ['the' N, also 'by' N]
I don't travel on the underground late at night. 我深夜不坐地鉄。
4. ADJ Underground groups and activities are secret because their purpose is to oppose the government and they are illegal. 秘密的; 地下的[ADJ n]
...the underground Kashmir Liberation Front. 秘密的尅什米爾解放陣線。
5. ADV If you go underground, you hide from the authorities or the police because your political ideas or activities are illegal. 秘密地; 在地下[ADV after v]
After the violent clashes of 1981 they either went underground or left the country. 1981年的暴力沖突之後，他們要麼轉(zhuǎn)入地下了，要麼離開了這個(gè)國(guó)家。

He suffers from claustrophobia so he never travels on underground trains .
Ten miners were trapped underground when the roof of the tunnel fell in.
Electrical power is supplied by underground cables .
Planes bombed the guerrilla positions yesterday in an attempt to flush out snipers from underground tunnels .
His grandfather had bought the land as an investment , guessing that there might be gold underground.