netherworld

FREQ #34433

n. 阴间, 下层社会

词形变化

netherworlds 复数 netherworlds

别名

nether world

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The place to which one's spirit descends upon death, conceived as below the surface of the earth.

    In some religions, one's soul departs to a netherworld, instead of the heavens.

  2. 2.

    The locale of the spirit world or afterlife, whether deemed to be situated below the world of the living or not.

    冥界

    幽冥

    While I was astrally projecting, I felt my soul pass through many insubstantial netherworlds.

  3. 3.

    Specifically, a location of punishment in the afterlife; a hell.

    The missionary was motivated by a sincere desire to rescue souls from eternal torment in the netherworld.

  4. 4.

    A hidden, shadowy, or sinister subculture, such as that of organized crime.

    引申义

    Richard had been initiated into the netherworld of dog racing by his father, and knew all the popular greyhound performance-enhancing drugs.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

hell underworld hades

词源

From nether- (“beneath, lower”) + world.

来源：wiktionary