Undergroundname

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  rail-transportrailwaystransportThe London Underground.

  • Although some of the stations on ' The Branch ' have not, as yet, suffered any considerable structural alterations, all are now equipped with the familiar Underground type name boards, and as a result the imposing titles of G.N. days have been ruthlessly curtailed.
  • Heathrow has a 28% share of passengers arriving by rail, two-thirds of whom come by the Underground.

undergroundadj詞源 1/ˌʌn.dəˈɡɹaʊnd/

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  Below the ground; below the surface of the Earth.

  • There is an underground tunnel that takes you across the river.
  • One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.
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  Hidden, furtive, secretive.

  • These criminals operate through an underground network.
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  Of or relating to an art forms (such as music) or subculture that is outside the mainstream, especially one that is unofficial and hidden from the authorities.

  • underground music
  • ‘[…]he wrote to me last week telling me about an incredible bitch of a row blazing there on account of someone having been and gone and produced an unofficial magazine called Raddled, full of obscene libellous Oz-like filth. And what I though, what Sammy and I thought, was—why not?’ ‘Why not what?’ said Tom. ‘Why not do the same thing here?’ ‘You mean an underground magazine?’ ‘Yup.’

undergroundadv詞源 1/ˌʌn.dəˈɡɹaʊnd/

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  Below the ground.

  • The tunnel goes underground at this point.
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  Secretly.

undergroundnoun詞源 1/ˌʌn.dəˈɡɹaʊnd/

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  geographynatural-sciencesThe regions beneath the surface of the earth, both natural (eg. caves) and man-made (eg. mines).

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  Synonym of subway: a railway that is under the ground.

  • London Underground
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  A movement or organization of people who resist political convention.

  • the French underground during World War II
  • Victor, please, don't go to the underground meeting tonight.
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  A movement or organization of people who resist artistic convention.

undergroundverb詞源 1/ˌʌn.dəˈɡɹaʊnd/

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  To route electricity distribution cables underground.

  • One is to underground where no other alternative will work, and this method should be used universally in urban regions as it now is in “downtown” sections.
  • Also, undergrounding may not eliminate the potential for crashes with other roadside objects, such as trees, walls, buildings, and so forth. [...] When looking at the fesibility of undergrounding utilities, the complete roadside area and nearby adjacent properties should be evaluated for potential roadside obstructions or hazards.

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• undergrind