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词汇 nether
释义 nether
adjective[ before noun ]
 literary or humorousuk /ˈneð.ər/ us /ˈneð.ɚ/
in a lower position: 下面的
The boiler room is somewhere down in the building's nether regions.锅炉房在大楼的地下室里。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Under & below
below
beneath
low
lower
neath
sub
subjacent
ultra-low
under
underfoot
underlying
underneath

Examples of nether


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I understand completely my conscription to the nether regions of archetype - it's easy thinking.
The problem is not that his true self is being thwarted by alien forces erupting from the nether regions of his psyche.
At the same time, independent courts and watchdog agencies must be ready to intervene when, as inevitably happens, some citizen or official tries to replace democratic proceduralism with nether-world violence.
It seems that he is being ground between an upper and a nether millstone.
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However, she meant the nether regions of her fridge, which is an important clarification.
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So there is no conflict on the nether garments.
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They were ground between the upper and the nether millstones.
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I wonder whether we are being ground between the upper and the nether millstones.
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The persons liable to this taxation will be between the upper and nether millstones.
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These areas are being crushed between the upper and the nether millstone.
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They are rather like corn between the upper and nether millstones, and they often find that they are ground down.
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Men and women are being caught between the upper and the nether millstones of these conditions.
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There again the dock labourer and sailor were ground between the upper and nether millstones of low wages and high rates and rents.
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No one wishes those wages to be reduced, but certainly it does put the farmers between the upper and the nether millstones.
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The poor middle classes are between the upper and the nether millstone all the time.
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