词汇 | bottom |
释义 | bottomWord family adjectivebottomedbottomlessbottommostbottom-upnounbottomnessbottomrybottom drawerbottom linebottom Clothesbot·tom1 /ˈbɒtəm $ ˈbɑː-/ ●●● S1 W3 noun 1 lowest part 最底部the bottom LOWEST PARTBOTTOMthe lowest part of something 底部,基部;下端,末尾 OPP the top the bottom of Can you hold the bottom of the ladder for me? 你帮我扶住梯子底部好吗? at the bottom (of something) Grandma was standing at the bottom of the stairs. 祖母正站在楼梯的下面。 at the bottom of the page 在这一页的底部 Go downstairs and wait for me at the bottom. 你下楼去,在楼梯底下等我。 the bottom of the page/screen 在这一页的底部 There should be a menu bar at the bottom of your screen. 在屏幕的下方应该有一个菜单栏。 Examples from the Corpus the bottom of the page/screen• In addition to ads, the screen saver features the information crawl at the bottom of the screen.• The outline of its fibre-sinews flickered in viridian, while diagnostic ikons marched across the bottom of the screen.• The scale line now appears at the bottom of the screen.• Video images may be previewed either in the icon boxes at the bottom of the screen or in the main window.• Game Menu Play Match - Starts the game shown at the bottom of the screen.• She hadn't been able to read the signature at the bottom of the page, and that seemed wrong, somehow.• Often, you came up with an inch or two of empty space at the bottom of the page.• At the bottom of the page, put the place or location of the project. 2 lowest side 最低面LOWEST SIDEBOTTOM [countableC usually singular] the flat surface on the lowest side of an object 〔物体的〕平底 the bottom of something What’s that on the bottom of your shoe? 你鞋底上的是什么东西? 3 lowest inner part 里面的最底部CUP/BOX ETCBOTTOM [countableC usually singular] the lowest inner surface of something such as a container 〔容器等的〕内底 at/in the bottom of something I found the keys – they were at the bottom of my handbag. 我找到钥匙了——在我手提包的底部。 The drugs had been hidden in a suitcase with a false bottom. 毒品藏在一个带假底板的行李箱里。 4 lowest social position/rank 最低的社会地位/级别the bottom LOWEST POSITIONLOW POSITION OR RANKthe lowest position in an organization or company 最低职位;最底层 OPP the top the bottom of The Giants are at the bottom of the league. 巨人队在联赛中排名垫底。 the bottom of the ladder/pile/heap (=the lowest position in society, an organization etc) 社会[机构等]的最底层 Immigrants were at the bottom of the pile. 移民处于社会的最底层。 Higgins had started at the bottom (=in a low position in a company) and worked his way up to become managing director. 希金斯从最低的职位做起,一步一步升至总经理的位置。 second/third etc from bottom United currently lie second from bottom of the Premier League. 联队目前排在英超联赛的倒数第二位。 Examples from the Corpus second/third etc from bottom• Worse still, Forest are third from bottom, having conceded more goals in their opening five matches than any team.• They remain third from bottom with Oxford, who have played one less game, now just one point behind.• I can now reveal that if we remain second from bottom we will not be relegated. 5 ocean/river 海洋/河流the bottom SEA/RIVERHEOthe ground under a sea, river etc, or the flat land in a valley 海底;河底;水底;谷底 the bottom of The bottom of the pool is very slippery. 池底很滑。 at/on the bottom (of something) A body was found at the bottom of the canal. 运河河底发现了一具尸体。 the sea/river bottom fish living on the sea bottom 生活在海底的鱼 Examples from the Corpus the sea/river bottom• But before they emerge as adults they have a rather longer incarnation as larvae walking about the river bottom.• So, the bikers party at the River Bottom Saloon and camp in trucks and tents behind it.• Fisheries are sustained by the plankton which depends upon a constant re-cycling of nutrients stirred up from the sea bottom.• In the river bottom, where we finally stopped, the grass was above the door handles.• My shin had struck a boulder on the river bottom during my spill.• Fish living on the sea bottom benefit by being flat and hugging the contours.• In the shedding season, the river bottoms would often be ankle-deep in buffalo hair.• If the photographs are to be believed, the water is azure blue and clear to the sea bottom. 6 body 身体BODY [countableC]HBH the part of your body that you sit on 臀部,屁股 SYN backside I just sat on my bottom and slid down. 我就坐着滑了下去。 7 clothes 衣服CLOTHES [countableC usually plural]DCC the part of a set of clothes that you wear on the lower part of your body 〔套装的〕下装 pyjama bottoms 睡裤 a blue bikini bottom 一条蓝色比基尼泳裤 8 furthest part 最远部分the bottom of a road/garden etc especially British EnglishBrEFAR the part of a road, area of land etc that is furthest from where you are 路/花园等的尽头 There’s a shop at the bottom of the street. 这条街的尽头有家商店。 9 get to the bottom of something CAUSEto find out the cause of a problem or situation 找出某事的起因 I never got to the bottom of this! 这件事我从来都没有弄明白! Examples from the Corpus get to the bottom of something• They can get to the bottom of a case for me.• Dido doesn't claim to have got to the bottom of what she calls the Canine Predicament.• When I got to the bottom of the hill and looked up, and I saw that beautiful campus, I cried.• That co-operation will be vital in getting to the bottom of this matter as soon as possible.• He must get to the bottom of that matter.• We decided to get to the bottom of this!• Or had her efforts to get to the bottom of the rue Roland mystery taken an unexpected toll on her?• After a few falls we all managed to get to the bottom of the slope in a snow plough position.• We're trying to get to the bottom of this, and see if she is lying. 10 be/lie at the bottom of something CAUSEto be the basic cause of a problem or situation 是某事的根本原因 Lack of money is at the bottom of many family problems. 缺钱是造成许多家庭问题的根本原因。 Examples from the Corpus be/lie at the bottom of something• Mind you're not found lying at the bottom of the steps with a broken neck like Amy Robsart.• His girlfriend had been woken by the noise, and had found him lying at the bottom of the stairs.• Holman lay at the bottom of the open grave where he'd been roughly dumped.• Knowing that self-interest lay at the bottom of his proposal did not prevent my being grateful.• The rest, including your own clothes, now lie at the bottom of some deep, evil-smelling swamp.• The female's sperm storage tubules are sausage-shaped and sperm lie at the bottom of the tube.• To deliver water from these depths the pumping machine has to be at the bottom of the well.• Your name will be at the bottom of the letter-why write it twice? 11 be at/hit/reach rock bottom WORSE a) to be in a very bad situation that could not be any worse 糟糕透顶 I was at rock bottom, and knew I had to try and stop drinking. 我那时状况糟糕透顶,我知道自己必须得戒酒了。 b) to be at a very low level 在非常低的水平 We bought the house when prices were at rock bottom. 我们在房价触底时买下了这幢房子。 Examples from the Corpus be at/hit/reach rock bottom• By four o'clock Melissa's spirits were at rock bottom. 12 from the bottom of your heart REAL/NOT FALSE OR ARTIFICIALin a very sincere way 从心底里,由衷地 Thank you from the bottom of my heart. 我衷心地感谢你。 Examples from the Corpus from the bottom of your heart• It's what I've always wanted from the bottom of my heart..• I hadn't, June, so I thank you from the bottom of my heart. 13. the bottom drops/falls out of the market PEBUYwhen people stop buying a particular product, so that the people who sell it can no longer make any money 产品滞销 14. bottoms up! spokenDRINK used to tell someone to enjoy or finish their alcoholic drink 干杯! 15. big-bottomed/round-bottomed etc BOTTOMhaving a bottom or base that is big, round etc 屁股大的/圆的等;底部大的/圆的等 16 at bottom formalTRUE the way a person or situation really is, although they may seem different 实际上;内心里 → top, → you can bet your bottom dollar at bet1(6), → knock the bottom out of at knock1(25), → from top to bottom at top1(22), → the bottom of the list at list1(2), → scrape the bottom of the barrel at scrape1(5) She’s a good kind person at bottom. 她实际上是个善良的好人。 THESAURUS the bottom the lowest part of something 底部,末端 The house is at the bottom of that hill. 房子在那座山的山脚下。 She scrolled down to the bottom of the screen. 她把页面滚动到屏幕底部。 the underneath/the underside the bottom surface on the outside of something 〔物体外面的〕底下,底部 You will find the serial number on the underneath of the vacuum cleaner. 在真空吸尘器底部可以找到序列号。 base the lowest part or the wide bottom part on which something stands 底座,基座 The lamp has a square base. 这灯有一个正方形的底座。 He had broken a bone at the base of his spine. 他的脊椎底部有一处骨折。 the foot literary the bottom of a tree, a hill, or some stairs 山脚;〔树或楼梯的〕底部 There was a small village at the foot of the mountain. 山脚下有一座小村庄。 bed the ground at the bottom of a river, a lake, or the sea 河床;湖底;海底 the sea bed 海底 They found some interesting stones on the river bed. 他们在河床上找到了一些有趣的石头。 the foundations the layer of cement and stones that forms the bottom of a building 地基 The builders have begun laying the foundations for the house. 建筑工人开始为房子打地基。 Examples from the Corpus bottom• the ocean bottom• pajama bottoms• They've got baggy pants with ripped bottoms.• However, these warnings frequently appear at the bottom of advertisements in the tiniest of print.• The transponder was released acoustically just after Alvin left the bottom for the last time in this area.• This means that a few get top marks, a big bunch get middling marks, and a few come near the bottom.• He pokes it through the bottom of the popcorn box they share.• Western spadefoot toads burrow into the wash bottom, emerging to produce another batch of mosquito larvae-eating tadpoles during the summer rains.• Did you fall on your bottom? the bottom of something• Similarly, the three icons at the bottom of the toolbox can be accessed via the Text and Graphics pull-down menus.• At the bottom of the garden his brethren of the cloth were submitting his character to a sustained and vicious mauling.• Faintly like the drowned from the bottom of a pool.• No more resonance than a quarter hitting the bottom of a Salvation Army Christmas kettle.• Mattie wiggled out of the bottom of her pajamas and dropped them on the floor.• It's also far more effective than planting in a layer of soil on the bottom of the pond.• The Belemnite chalk is less dense than the Montagne de Reims and turns sandy towards the bottom of its twenty-metre depth. at/in the bottom of something• The scale line now appears at the bottom of the screen.• A fence at the bottom of a flight of steps works as an effective safety measure for infirm walkers.• People at the bottom of the income ladder bear a minuscule percentage of the tax burden.• On Earth, the deposit of sedimentary rock at the bottom of the ocean is part of larger geological cycles.• The cabinet slammed full against the shape, pinning it down and jamming sideways at the bottom of the stairwell.• Uh, at the bottom of that list it will tell you how the King James translates that.• They had a little autonomous world at the bottom of the garden where, for a time, they could play. bottom2 ●●● S1 W3 adjectiveadj 1 BOTTOM[only before noun] in the lowest place or position 底下的,底部的 OPP top It’s on the bottom shelf. 它在架子的最底层。 The towels are in the bottom drawer. 毛巾在最下面的抽屉里。 You’ve got some butter on your bottom lip. 你下嘴唇上粘了点黄油。 the bottom right-hand corner of the page 这一页的右下角 2 LOW POSITION OR RANK[not before noun] the least important, successful etc 最不重要的,最末的,最差的 OPP top I was bottom of the class (=the least successful student) in Spanish. 我的西班牙语在班上是最后一名。 Britain came bottom on efforts to tackle pollution and global warming. 在处理污染和全球变暖问题上,英国最落后。 3 [only before noun] especially British EnglishBrEFAR in the place furthest away from where you are 离得最远的 the bottom field 最远的田地 4. bottom gear the lowest gear of a vehicle 低速挡 Examples from the Corpus bottom gear• Erosion had sharpened its edges and although the drivers trundled gently in bottom gear, there were two punctures. n COLLOCATIONS nouns the bottom drawer/shelf My passport’s in the bottom drawer of my desk. the bottom step Jenna sat on the bottom step. the bottom corner Look at the bottom left-hand corner of your screen. the bottom row That’s me in the middle of the bottom row of the photograph. the bottom half There’s were only two windows in the bottom half of the building. the bottom rung (=of a ladder) I put my foot on the bottom rung and started to climb. somebody’s bottom lip Her bottom lip trembled and she started to cry. Examples from the Corpus bottom• Tim is in the bottom 10% of his class.• She looked in the bottom drawer of the chest.• Upon arriving home, he noticed the sapling still had a pretty good root system on the bottom end.• The bottom layer of the cake is made of chocolate and strawberries.• The bottom line is that there is a serious problem.• Different viewpoints Ultimately, for promoters, agents, venues and artists, the bottom line is the bottom line.• Anything which does not contribute to the bottom line of national competitiveness-especially unpredictable commitments outside borders-should be avoided.• The bottom line on fat minimums is not yet clear.• You have some peanut butter on your bottom lip.• the bottom right-hand corner of the page• The lock snapped and the detective levered up the bottom section.• The book is on the bottom shelf. bottom ... corner• A prompt to appears in the bottom left corner. 2.• Maybe with a dollar sign embossed near the bottom corner.• Are the bottom corners bruised and in need of building up?• At the bottom left corner, I have drawn a simple two-colour pattern as shown in Figure 3.• The cargo's ultimate destination had been printed neatly in black pen in the bottom left-hand corner of the page.• The technique is easy, as you can see in the bottom right-hand corner of the picture.• Fold the phyllo, in flag fashion, from the left bottom corner up and over the filling to enclose the spinach.• Wrap the bottom corner with a couple of layers of masking tape to prevent the scraper from cutting the device. came bottom• I first looked to see where came bottom of the chart: Arosa.• In fact, he came bottom of the county's Championship bowling averages. he took only 26 wickets at 37.34.• A similar deal from Northern Rock, which came bottom of the list, cost £11,766.69. bottom3 verb 1 bottom out phrasal verbphr v PEif a situation, price etc bottoms out, it stops getting worse or lower, usually before improving again 〔局势、价格等〕见底 → level off/out There are signs that the recession has bottomed out. 有迹象表明经济衰退已经见底。 Examples from the Corpus bottom• She believed that the motivation to lose weight could only come from people bottoming out emotionally. Bottomn n1.a humorous character who is changed into a donkey in Shakespeare’s play A midsummer night’s dream From Longman Business Dictionary bottombot·tom1 /ˈbɒtəmˈbɑː-/ noun [countableC usually singular] 1the lowest point, position, or level Hopefully, we are finally seeing the bottom of this recession. Short-term interest rates are now probably near their bottom. 2hit/reach (rock) bottom to get to the lowest possible point, position, or level in price or performance He believes gold prices have hit bottom or are close to it. Thailand’s economic slowdown may have reached bottom and signs are some sectors are recovering. 3the bottom drops/falls out of the market used to say that prices reach extremely low levels, with many businesses and people in financial difficulty The recession came and the bottom dropped out of the market for luxury houses. The bottom fell out of the wool market and many farmers went bust. bottombottom2 verb → bottom out Old English botm →THESAURUS1bottom2 adjectiveadj →n COLLOCATIONS1bottom3 verbBottomn |
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