| [/ˈʌndəwɜːld; ˋʌndɚˏwəld/] n the underworld [sing] 用法:
1 (in mythology) place under the earth inhabited by the departed spirits of the dead （神话中的）阴间, 阴曹. 用法:
2 part of society that lives by vice and crime 下流社会; 黑社会:
police contacts in the London underworld伦敦黑社会中的警方眼线 *
[attrib 作定语] leading underworld figures, ie notorious criminals 黑社会的头面人物（劣迹昭彰的罪犯）. |