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nether 音标拼音: [n'ɛðɚ] a. 下面的,下方的,下界的 下面的,下方的,下界的 nether adj 1: lower; " gnawed his nether lip" 2: dwelling beneath the surface of the earth; " nether regions" [ synonym: { chthonian}, { chthonic}, { nether}] 3: located below or beneath something else; " nether garments"; " the under parts of a machine" [ synonym: { nether}, { under}] Nether \ Neth" er\ ( n[ e^][ th]"[~ e] r), a. [ OE. nethere, neithere, AS. ni[ eth] era, fr. the adv. ni[ eth] er downward; akin to neo[ eth] an below, beneath, D. neder down, G. nieder, Sw. nedre below, nether, a. & adv., and also to Skr. ni down. [ root] 201. Cf. { Beneath}.] Situated down or below; lying beneath, or in the lower part; having a lower position; belonging to the region below; lower; under; -- opposed to { upper}. [ 1913 Webster] ' Twixt upper, nether, and surrounding fires. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] This darksome nether world her light Doth dim with horror and deformity. -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster] All my nether shape thus grew transformed. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster]
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