{ "dictype": "WikiDicScrap", "error": false, "code": 200, "json": { "type": "wiki", "pronunciations": { "phonetic": [ "ˈəndər" ], "imgurl": [ "/var/www/html/blab/dic/img/under.jpg" ], "listenurl": [ { "lang": "Audio (US)", "url": "/var/www/html/blab/dic/audio/us/under.ogg" }, { "lang": "Audio (US)", "url": "/var/www/html/blab/dic/audio/us/under.mp3" } ] }, "meansorg": { "etymologies": [ "From Middle English under, from Old English under, from Proto-Germanic *under (whence also German unter, Dutch onder, Danish and Norwegian under), from a merger of Proto-Indo-European *n̥dʰér (“under”) and *n̥tér (“inside”). Akin to Old High German untar (“under”), Sanskrit अन्तर् (antar, “within”), Latin infrā (“below, beneath”) and inter (“between, among”)." ], "typelist": [ { "name": "Preposition", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "In or at a lower level than; in the area covered or surmounted by.\nWe found some shade under a tree.\nAbout £10,000 was stuffed under the mattress.\nThere is nothing new under the sun.\n1922 October 26, Virginia Woolf, chapter 1, in Jacob’s Room, Richmond, London: Leonard & Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, →OCLC; republished London: The Hogarth Press, 1960, →OCLC:The little boys in the front bedroom had thrown off their blankets and lay under the sheets.\n1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 14, in The China Governess‎:Nanny Broome was looking up at the outer wall.  Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime.\n2013 June 29, “High and wet”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 28:Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale. Rock-filled torrents smashed vehicles and homes, burying victims under rubble and sludge.", "submean": [ "Below the surface of.\nThe crocodile lurked just under the water." ] }, { "mean": "From one side of to the other, passing beneath.\nI crawled under the fence.\nThere is a tunnel under the English Channel." }, { "mean": "Less than.\nInterest rates are now under 1%.\nWe can get there in under an hour." }, { "mean": "Subordinate to; subject to the control of; in accordance with; in compliance with.\nHe served in World War II under General Omar Bradley.\nDuring the pandemic, we had to live under severe restrictions.\nUnder the law and concession agreement with other parties, the private company must pay taxes in time and on a right amount.\n1987, Arthur C. Hasiotis, Jr., Soviet Political, Economic, and Military Involvement in Sinkiang from 1928 to 1949‎, Garland Publishing, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 62:There is general agreement that his military forces were organized into six divisions. They were stationed at the following places: at Ti-hua under the command of Liu Hsi-tsen, at T'a-ch'eng under Chiang Sung-lin, at Ili under Niu Shih, at A-shan under Wei Chen-kuo, at A-k'o-su under Chang Tzu-t'ing, and at Ko-shih-ko-erh (Kashgar) nominally under Tsou-ying, but in reality under Chin's brother, Chin Shu-chih.\n2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport‎:He was then denied by a magnificent tackle from captain Terry as Liverpool continued to press - but Chelsea survived as the memories of the nightmare under Villas-Boas faded even further into the background.\n2011 December 14, Angelique Chrisafis, “Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism”, in Guardian‎:Dati launched a blistering attack on the prime minister, François Fillon, under whom she served as justice minister, accusing him of sexism, elitism, arrogance and hindering the political advancement of ethnic minorities." }, { "mean": "Within the category, classification or heading of.\nFile this under \"i\" for \"ignore\"." }, { "mean": "(figuratively) In the face of; in response to (some attacking force).\n2011, Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France \nEngland's World Cup dreams fell apart under a French onslaught on a night when their shortcomings were brutally exposed at the quarter-final stage.\nto collapse under stress; to give in under interrogation" }, { "mean": "Using or adopting (a name, identity, etc.).\n2013, The Huffington Post, JK Rowling Pseudonym: Robert Galbraith's 'The Cuckoo's Calling' Is Actually By Harry Potter Author \nJ.K. Rowling has written a crime novel called 'The Cuckoo's Calling' under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith.\nHe writes books under the name John Smith.\nShe now lives under a new identity." } ] }, { "name": "Adverb", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "In or to a lower or subordinate position, or a position beneath or below something, physically or figuratively.\npulled under by the currents\nweighed under by worry\n1825, Thomas Moore, The Minster Boy\nThe minstrel fell, but the foeman's chain / Could not bring his proud soul under." }, { "mean": "So as to pass beneath something.\nThere's quite a gap, so you may be able to sneak under." }, { "mean": "(usually in compounds) Insufficiently.\nThe plants were underwatered.\nWomen are under-represented." }, { "mean": "(informal) In or into an unconscious state.\nIt took the hypnotist several minutes to make his subject go under." } ] }, { "name": "Adjective", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "Lower; beneath something.\nThis treatment protects the under portion of the car from rust.\n(in compounds) underbelly, underside, undershirt, undersecretary\n1835, J G. Peters, A treatise on equitation, or the art of horsemanship, page 179:The advantages he gains are of double security to him ; first, by the support of his haunches, being at all times more under than before, he learns to be more active with his hind-quarters\n1908, Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles, The American golfer, volume 1-2, page 10:If you allow the right hand to turn under more than the left, a pull will result, and if the left is more under than the right, a sliced ball will surely follow.\n2009, Doris Lessing, Briefing for a Descent Into Hell, page 30:The waves are so steep, they crash so fast and furious I'm more under than up." }, { "mean": "In a state of subordination, submission or defeat.\nThe army could not keep the people under.\n1611, The Holy Bible,  (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, 1 Corinthians ix:27:I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection.\n1892, Sir George Giffard, Reminiscences of a Naval Officer (page 45)\nWhen ready for sea we went up to Greenhithe, that their lordships might inspect us, and then to Portsmouth, to take troops to Cork, a pleasant trip; but the troops left us a legacy of \"mahogany flats,\" with which their beds were so swarming that we never got them under." }, { "mean": "(medicine, colloquial) Under anesthesia, especially general anesthesia; sedated.\nEnsure the patient is sufficiently under." }, { "mean": "(informal) Insufficient or lacking in a particular respect.\nThis chicken is a bit under. (insufficiently cooked)\nThis bag of apples feels under. (of insufficient weight)\nMy pay packet last week was £10 under. (of insufficient monetary amount)" } ] }, { "name": "Noun", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "The amount by which an actual total is less than the expected or required amount.\n2008, G. Puttick, Sandy van Esch, The Principles and Practice of Auditing (page 609)\n standard cash count forms used to record the count and any overs or unders." } ] } ] }, "meanskor": { "etymologies": [ "" ], "typelist": [ { "name": "전치사", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "", "submean": [ "" ] }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "부사.", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "형용사", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "명사", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" } ] } ] } } }