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.
   • 1705, J[oseph] Addison, Remarks on Several Parts of Italy, &c. in the Years 1701, 1702, 1703, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], OCLC 1051505315:

     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, “(please specify the page)”, in The History of Britain, that Part Especially now Call’d England. […] , London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for James Allestry, […] , OCLC 946735472:

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

   • 1827, Henry Hallam, The Constitutional History of England

     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