subterranean
                    
      英 [ˌsʌb.tərˈeɪ.ni.ən]                            
                        美 [ˌsʌb.təˈreɪ.ni.ən]                    
                    
                        
- adj. 地下的;秘密的;隐蔽的
 
- n. 地下工作者
 
                     
                    
                    
                 
                
             
                        
            
                subterranean 地下的sub-,在下,-terr,地,土地,词源同 terrain,Mediterranean.
             
                        
            
                
- subterranean (adj.)
 
- c. 1600, from Latin subterraneus "underground," from sub "under" (see sub-) + terra "earth, the ground" (see terrain) + -an.
 
                  
                        
            
                
- 1. London has 9 miles of such subterranean passages. 
  - 伦敦像这样的地下通道有9英里长。
   
- 2. The prothalli are saprophytic, irregularly branched, subterranean bodies. 
  - 原叶体是腐生的, 不规则分枝的地下体.
   
- 3. We wandered through subterranean passages. 
  - 我们漫游地下通道.
   
- 4. The subterranean passage led from the castle to a cave. 
  - 地下的通道从城堡通向一个山洞.
   
- 5. Franz took the lamp , and entered the subterranean grotto, followed by Gaetano. 
  - 弗兰兹拿着火把走进了地下岩洞, 后面跟着盖太诺.