belowとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /bɪˈləʊ/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /bəˈloʊ/
• ハイフネーション: be‧low
• 韻: -əʊ

前置詞

below

A square below a circle

1. Lower in spatial position than.
   • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 4, in The Celebrity:

     One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn, after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free from interruption, for he was seated on a horse-block below me, playing with a fox terrier.

   The treasure is buried two meters below the surface.

2. (law) Within the writing of a given document which follows a particular appearance of the word "below".

   "By their execution hereof, the Parties incur a legal obligation to pass consideration under this Loan Contract as is set forth below."

3. Lower in value, price, rank or concentration than.
   • (Can we date this quote by Addison かつ provide title, author's full name, かつ other details?)

     one degree below kings

   • 2013 July-August, Philip J. Bushnell, “Solvents, Ethanol, Car Crashes & Tolerance”, in American Scientist:

     Surprisingly, this analysis revealed that acute exposure to solvent vapors at concentrations below those associated with long-term effects appears to increase the risk of a fatal automobile accident. Furthermore, this increase in risk is comparable to the risk of death from leukemia after long-term exposure to benzene, another solvent, which has the well-known property of causing this type of cancer.

   The temperature is below zero.

4. Downstream of.
5. South of.
6. Unsuitable to the rank or dignity of; beneath.
   • 1670, John Milton, The History of Britain:

     They beheld, with a just loathing and disdain, […] how below all history the persons and their actions were.

   • (Can we date this quote by Hallam かつ provide title, author's full name, かつ other details?)

     who thinks no fact below his regard

   Such petty behavior is below me.

7. (stage directions) Downstage of.
   • 1952, Frederick Knott, Dial "M" for Murder, 1954 Dramatists Play Service acting edition, act 1, scene 1:

     Below the sofa is a low, round coffee table.

同意語

• (lower in spatial position than): beneath, under, underneath
• (lower in value than): under
• (downstream of): downstream
• (unsuitable to the rank または dignity of): beneath

反意語

• (lower in spatial position than): above, over
• (lower in value than): over
• (downstream of): upstream

派生語

• below the belt

副詞

below (not comparable)

1. In a lower place.
   • 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], OCLC 752825175:

     But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶ […] The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window at the old mare feeding in the meadow below by the brook, and a 'bead' could be drawn upon Molly, the dairymaid, kissing the fogger behind the hedge, […].

2. On a lower storey.
3. Further down.
4. (nautical) On a lower deck.

   the landlubbers lying down below

5. (of a temperature) Below zero.

同意語

• (in a lower place): beneath, under, underneath
• (on a lower storey): downstairs
• (farther down): downwards

反意語

• (in a lower place): aloft, overhead, up
• (on a lower storey): upstairs
• (farther down): upwards

派生語

Pages starting with "below".

• below average
• below decks/belowdecks
• belowground
• below par
• below the belt
• below the fold

参照

• Andrea Tyler and Vyvyan Evans, "The vertical axis", in The Semantics of English Prepositions: Spatial Scenes, Embodied Meaning and Cognition, Cambridge University Press, 2003, 0-521-81430 8

アナグラム

• Blowe, Lebow, blowe, bowel, bowle, elbow