喜樂美語

核心畫面

You can picture one thing sitting in a lower place than another — your feet below your head, the cellar below the house. That simple 'lower down' position is the picture the whole word grows from; every other use takes that 'lower' and moves it onto rank, numbers, or where you are on a page.

可以想成兩樣東西,一樣擺在另一樣的下面:腳在頭的下面,地下室在房子的下面。整個字的畫面,就是「位置比較低」。其他意思…更多收起可以想成兩樣東西,一樣擺在另一樣的下面:腳在頭的下面,地下室在房子的下面。整個字的畫面,就是「位置比較低」。其他意思都是把這個「低」搬到不同的軸上:把「低」放到地位等級上(地位較低)、放到數字刻度上(數量低於)、放到一頁紙的上下上(寫在下方、下文)。核心永遠是「在某條線的下方那一邊」。

原始詞典資料12 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，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。

Belowname

  • 1

    A surname.

belowprep/bɪˈləʊ/

  • 1

    Lower in spatial position than.

    • One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn, after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free from interruption, for he was seated on a horse-block below me, playing with a fox terrier.
    • The treasure is buried two meters below the surface.
  • 2

    Lower than in value, price, rank, concentration, etc.

    • one degree below kings
    • Surprisingly, this analysis revealed that acute exposure to solvent vapors at concentrations below those associated with long-term effects appears to increase the risk of a fatal automobile accident. Furthermore, this increase in risk is comparable to the risk of death from leukemia after long-term exposure to benzene, another solvent, which has the well-known property of causing this type of cancer.
  • 3

    Downstream of.

    • The River Thames is tidal below Teddington Lock.
  • 4

    South of.

    • Sudan is below Egypt.
  • 5

    Unsuitable to the rank or dignity of; beneath.

    • They beheld, with a just loathing and disdain, […] how below all history the persons and their actions were.
    • who thinks no fact below his regard
  • 6

    Downstage of.

    • Below the sofa is a low, round coffee table.

belowadv/bɪˈləʊ/

  • 1

    In or to a lower place.

    • The town is situated on a hillside, with a river running below.
    • He was pulled below by a sea monster.
  • 2

    In or to a lower place.

    • She lives below, on the ground floor.
  • 3

    nauticaltransportIn or to a lower place.

    • The captain went below to inspect the engine.
    • the landlubbers lying down below
  • 4

    Later in the same text.

    • This point is explained below.
    • By their execution hereof, the Parties incur a legal obligation to pass consideration under this Loan Contract as is set forth below.
  • 5

    Below zero.

    • It was forty degrees below.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。