netherworld

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The place to which one's spirit descends upon death, conceived as below the surface of the earth.
    — In some religions, one's soul departs to a netherworld, instead of the heavens.
  2. The locale of the spirit world or afterlife, whether deemed to be situated below the world of the living or not.
    — While I was astrally projecting, I felt my soul pass through many insubstantial netherworlds.
  3. Specifically, a location of punishment in the afterlife; a hell.
    — The missionary was motivated by a sincere desire to rescue souls from eternal torment in the netherworld.
  4. A hidden, shadowy, or sinister subculture, such as that of organized crime. broadly
    — Richard had been initiated into the netherworld of dog racing by his father, and knew all the popular greyhound performance-enhancing drugs.

词形变化

netherworlds plural nether world alternative

词汇关系

近义词
Hades hell nether region underworld

词源

Etymology tree
English nether-
Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-?
Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós
Proto-Germanic *weraz
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂életi
Proto-Germanic *alaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Germanic *-þiz
Proto-Germanic *aldiz
Proto-Germanic *weraldiz
Proto-West Germanic *weraldi
Old English weorold
Middle English world
English world
English netherworld
From nether- (“beneath, lower”) + world.
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