Neath means beneath — under something. You will almost never hear it in ordinary talk.

NeathNeath means beneath意思是beneath — under something也就是「在…下面」。You will almost never hear it in ordinary talk你在日常說話裡幾乎不會聽到這個字。

It lives in old poems, songs, and a slightly old-fashioned kind of writing, often spelled 'neath with an apostrophe, as if a piece of beneath had fallen off: 'neath the stars, 'neath the ground.

It lives in old poems, songs, and a slightly old-fashioned kind of writing它活在古詩、歌曲，還有帶點老派味道的文章裡, often spelled 'neath with an apostrophe常常拼成'neath，前面加一個省略號, as if a piece of beneath had fallen off好像beneath掉了一塊一樣: 'neath the stars, 'neath the ground'neath the stars（星空之下）、'neath the ground（地底之下）。

The word you actually want in class, in a shop, or in a message is under or beneath.

The word you actually want你真正想用的字 in class, in a shop, or in a message在上課、店裡，或傳訊息時 is under or beneath是under或beneath。

This sense comes from Old English neoþan, from Proto-Germanic *niþanē, an old 'from below / under' word. There is also a town in Wales called Neath, which is a different word with a different history; this entry is only the under-word.

This sense comes from Old English neoþan這個意思來自古英文的neoþan, from Proto-Germanic *niþanē源自原始日耳曼語的*niþanē, an old 'from below / under' word是一個古老的、表示「從下面／底下」的字。There is also a town in Wales called Neath威爾斯還有一個叫Neath的城鎮, which is a different word with a different history那是一個不同的字，有不同的來歷; this entry is only the under-word這篇詞條只講「底下」這個意思。