beneath是什么意思（beneath的用法）

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一、beneath是什么意思

1、beneath 在下面

2、前缀be-, 强调。neath, 下面，同nether, 下面的。

二、beneath的用法

1、beneath

2、beneath: [OE] Beneath is a compound adverb and preposition, formed in Old English from bi ‘by’ and nithan or neothan ‘below’. This came originally from Germanic *nith- (also the source of nether [OE]), a derivative of the base *ni- ‘down’.=> nether

3、beneath (adv., adj.)

4、Old English beneoðan "beneath, under, below," from be- "by" + neoðan "below," originally "from below," from Proto-Germanic *niþar "lower, farther down, down" (see nether). Meaning "unworthy of" is attested from 1849 (purists prefer below in this sense). "The be- gave or emphasized the notion of 'where,' excluding that of 'whence' pertaining to the simple niðan" [OED].

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