bottom

英 ['bɒtəm] 美 ['bɑːtəm]

• n. 底部；底端
• adj. 底部的
• v. 触底；打(基础)

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [S]底部,基部,下端,末尾; 水底

   the lowest part of sth; the ground under the sea, a lake, or a rover

2. [C](东西的)底

   the base on which sth stands

3. [S]尽头,末端

   the far end

4. [S]根源,起因

   the starting point; cause or origin

5. [C]臀部,屁股

   the part of the body on which one sits

6. [S]最无关紧要的部分

   the least important, least valuable, or least favourable part of anything; the lowest level

adj. (形容词)

1. [A]底部的,基部的,下端的,末尾的

   pertaining to the bottom lowest

2. [A]根本的

   basal

v. (动词)

1. vt. 给…装上底

   make sth have a bottom

2. vi. 降到最低

   reach the lowest part of anything

3. vt. 对…寻根问底; 为…提供根据

   find out the cause

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 底，底部
2. 水底
3. 下端
4. 原因
5. 尽头，远端
6. 起点
7. 最低档
8. 吃水线以下的船体
9. 低洼地
10. 臀部，屁股
11. 末尾，末端
12. 持久力，耐力
13. 底色
14. 最低下的部分，底层

adj. 形容词

1. 最下层的，最（底）下的，底部的，最低的，最后的，最少的
2. 底栖的，栖于水底的，水底的
3. 根本的，基本的，基础的
4. 【棒球】后半局的
5. 屁股的，臀部的
6. 【核物理学】底的，底量子特征的

v. 动词

1. 到达底部，着底，触底，停于底部
2. 降至最低点
3. 基于，根据
4. 给（鞋子）装底，在...上装底，给...上底
5. 对...寻根究底，查明…的原因，究其根底
6. 建立基础，被建立在 ，变得有基础
7. 给（椅子）装面，给…装椅面
8. 给...打地基，给...打底
9. 建立…的基础，把…基于，以…为基础，打（基础）
10. 价格、恶劣局势等
11. 测量深浅，测…的深度
12. 喝（某物）喝到见底

英英释义

Noun:

1. the lower side of anything

2. the lowest part of anything;

   "they started at the bottom of the hill"
   

3. the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on;

   "he deserves a good kick in the butt"
   "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"
   

4. the second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat

5. a depression forming the ground under a body of water;

   "he searched for treasure on the ocean bed"
   

6. low-lying alluvial land near a river

7. a cargo ship;

   "they did much of their overseas trade in foreign bottoms"
   

Adjective:

1. situated at the bottom or lowest position;

   "the bottom drawer"
   

2. the lowest rank;

   "bottom member of the class"
   

Verb:

1. provide with a bottom or a seat;

   "bottom the chairs"
   

2. strike the ground, as with a ship's bottom

3. come to understand

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. There are tea leaves in the bottom of my cup.
   我的杯底有茶叶。
2. They sent the enemy ship to the bottom of the sea.
   他们把敌舰击沉。
3. He was always bottom of the class in maths.
   他的数学成绩在班上总是垫底。

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. Put your books on the bottom shelf.
   把你的书放在最下层的架子上.

用作动词 (v.)

1. There is no sign that the recession has bottomed out yet.
   没有迹象表明萧条已经到了极点。
2. We wanted to bottom our plan on a solid basis.
   我们想把我们的计划建立在牢固的基础上。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. The bottom of the nest is laid with feathers and hair.
   巢的底部是用羽毛和头发铺成的。
2. She smacked a child's bottom.
   她打孩子的屁股。
3. You'd better stop up the small hole at the bottom of your wash-basin.
   你最好堵上你洗脸盆底上的小洞。
4. The sleds rested at the bottom of the hill.
   那些雪橇停在山脚下。
5. Dregs settled at the bottom of the container.
   渣滓沉淀在容器的底部。
6. She drew up her horse at the bottom of the hill.
   她在小山底下突然把马勒住。
7. Our team was at the bottom of the local competition, but now they are drawing ahead .
   在地方赛中我们队落在最后,可现在却一马当先。
8. He is always at the bottom of the class.
   他的成绩在班上总是排在最末。
9. Add the other items on at the bottom of the page.
   请把其他几项加在这一页的末尾。
10. Sign your name at the bottom of the page, please.
    请在这页的最下端签名。
11. He could discern a faint light at the bottom of the forest.
    他能看到在森林的尽头有一线微弱的灯光。
12. From the bottom of the stairs Mary called up,“Have you seen my glasses?”
    玛丽在楼底下朝楼上大声地问:“你有没有看到我的眼镜?”
13. A stream issued from the bottom of the hill.
    一条小溪自山脚下流出。
14. He works from the bottom of his heart.
    他诚心诚意地工作。
15. I want to tell you from the bottom of my heart that I am truly sorry.
    我从心底向你表示真诚的歉意。
16. The water drained out of the flower-pot through the hole in the bottom.
    水从花盆底部的洞漏出去。
17. Can you see where the rust has begun eating into the bottom of the driver's door?
    你能看得出铁锈是从哪儿开始侵蚀到司机座旁的那扇门底部吗?
18. The hunters camped near the bottom of the mountain.
    猎人们在山根附近设营。
19. Through the clear water, we could see fish on the bottom.
    通过清澈的水,我们能看见水底的鱼。
20. We stood on the bottom of the hill, drinking in the beautiful view.
    我们站在山脚下,观看这美丽的风景。
21. Come to the bottom of the ladder and chuck up the other brush, will you?
    爬下梯子,把另一把刷子扔上来,好吗?
22. After going to the hill bottom,I sat down to catch my breath.
    走到山脚下之后我坐下来歇一口气。
23. Go down to the bottom of the page and then stop.
    念到这一页底下停止。
24. He drained the cup of sorrow to the bottom.
    他饱尝了悲伤的痛苦。
25. They explored the bottom of the sea.
    他们勘测了海底。
26. The children were knocking the bottom of the box.
    孩子们在敲箱子底。
27. You support the bottom of the box while I lift the top.
    你托着箱子底,我抬上部。
28. The bottom of the candle is fused with its holder.
    蜡烛的底部和烛台熔合在一起。
29. Block out the bottom of this picture when it is printed; the balance of the page will be better.
    印刷时,这幅画的底部要遮住不印出来,那样画面的布局就会更加匀称。
30. He measured Mrs. Brown from top to bottom.
    他把布朗太太上下打量了一番。
31. He was spotted with mud from top to bottom.
    他全身都是污泥斑点。

用作形容词 (adj.)

用作定语

～+ n.

1. What's your bottom price?
   你能接受的最低底价是多少?
2. We must keep the currency above the float's bottom limits.
   我们必须使货币保持在浮动底线之上。
3. The bottom candidates were dropped until only six remained.
   得票最少的几个人依次被淘汰,到最后只剩下6个人。
4. He numbered the pages in the bottom corner.
   他把页码写在底角。
5. The little boy can get at the bottom book in the stack.
   小孩能得到一堆书当中的底下一本。
6. Please dust all the books on the bottom shelf.
   请把底层的书掸一掸。
7. Her back was aching from having to get down in order to put things in and out of the bottom drawer.
   由于必须弯下腰来从最下面的抽屉中把东西拿进拿出,她腰酸背痛了。
8. An underwater worker watched to give one bottom time.
   一名水下工作人员标出海底逗留时间。
9. This is a bottom rock.
   这是水下岩石。
10. The woman's illness puzzled the doctor; he couldn't find the bottom cause.
    那女人的病难住了医生,他找不出根本的病因。
11. The bottom death cause of Marilyn Monro hasn't been found out.
    玛丽莲·梦露的根本死因仍未弄清。
12. A result may flow from the bottom cause.
    一个结果是由根本原因造成的。
13. It has been proved that the bottom cause operated to bring about the accident.
    已经证实引起这次事故的根本原因。
14. The teacher tried to analyse the bottom cause of our failure.
    教师设法仔细分析我们失败的根本原因。
15. A committee was constituted to investigate the bottom cause of the accident.
    成立了一个委员会,调查事故发生的根本原因。
16. Have you determined the bottom cause of the explosion?
    你判定爆炸的根本原因了吗?

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. He wanted to bottom a saucepan.
   他想给长柄平底锅装底。
2. His boss is bottoming his motives.
   他的老板正在追寻他的动机。
3. A gentleman should never bottom another person's motives unless he has good reason for doing so.
   绅士绝不应该追寻别人的动机,除非他有足够的理由这样做。

经典引文

• Barrels with the bottoms knocked out served the purpose of chimneys.

  出自： Ld Macaulay

• His stiff jeans, with the bottoms turned up eight inches to show his heeled boots.

  出自： J. Steinbeck

• Send this saucepan to be new bottomed.

  出自：Oxford English Dictionary

常用短语

用作名词 (n.)

bottoms up

干杯 empty one's glasses

get to the bottom of

弄清…底细find out details of sth

knock the bottom out of

破坏; 驳倒 destroy the sense of; prove an argument to have no value

用作动词 (v.)

bottom on (v.+prep.)

到达底部 reach the bottom of sth
bottom sth on sth
The theory is bottomed on questionable assumptions.

这一理论是建立在靠不住的假设基础上的。 bottom on sth
He has bottomed on the bed of the sea.

他已经下到海底。 bottom sth on sth
They bottomed a submarine on the ocean floor.

他们驾潜艇下沉到洋底。

bottom out (v.+adv.)

到达最低 reach the lowest part of anything
bottom out
The valley bottomed out by the river.

山谷在这条河附近处于最低位置。
The value of our oil shares on the Stock Market has now bottomed out.

在证券市场上我们的石油股票价值已降到最低标准。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• clean the bottom 清扫底部
• go to the bottom 沉没
• reach the bottom 到达底部
• see the bottom 看到底
• send to the bottom 打沉,弄沉
• sink to the bottom 沉到底
• swim to the bottom 游下去
• touch bottom 达到最低点,查核事实
• get at the bottom of the affair 调查这事的真相
• get to the bottom of 弄清…的真相
• get to the bottom of an affair 弄清事情的原委
• hit bottom 到达最低点,生活得不能再坏
• knock the bottom out of the theory 证明这个学说无价值
• know the bottom of everything 彻底了解一切
• stand on one's own bottom 自立

形容词+～

• double bottom 双层底
• false bottom 假底
• hard bottom 硬底

名词+～

• lake bottom 湖底
• river bottom 河底
• sea bottom 海底
• baby's bottom 婴儿的臀部
• ship's bottom 船底

介词+～

• at bottom 实际上,基本地
• at the bottom 在底部,实质上
• at the bottom of a page 书面的下端
• at the bottom of one's heart 心底里
• at the bottom of the well 井底
• from the bottom of one's heart 发自内心,诚心诚意
• in the bottom of 在…底部
• in the bottom of the cup 在茶杯的底部
• on the bottom 在底部,实质上
• ship with double bottom 双底船

～+介词

• bottom of the affair 真正原因
• bottom to… 的底
• bottom to the suitcase 箱子底

用作形容词 (adj.)

～+名词

• bottom bitterness 屁股的疼痛
• bottom limits 底限
• bottom rock 水下岩石
• the bottom cause 根本病因
• the bottom corner 底角
• the bottom drawer 最下面的抽屉
• the bottom price 最低底价
• the bottom shelf 底层的书架

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• bottom a saucepan 给长柄平底锅装底
• bottom sb's motives 追寻某人的动机

～+副词

• bottom complacently 自鸣得意地给…装上底
• bottom delicately 微妙地为…提供根据
• bottom probably 可能对…寻根问底
• bottom reasonably 合理地给…装上底
• bottom reluctantly 不情愿地对…寻根问底
• bottom superficially 表面上为…提供根据
• bottom voluntarily 自愿地为…提供根据
• bottom out 到达最低

～+介词

• bottom on 使基于,到达底部

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. bottom的基本意思是“底部”“基部”“下端”“末尾”,多指物体的最下的部分,只用作单数可数名词; 引申可指“(东西的)底”,“尽头”“末端”“根源”“起因”“最无关紧要的部分”等。
2. bottom作“臀部”“屁股”解时,常用于口语或非正式文体中,是可数名词。
3. 表示“在底部”通常用介词at；指小容器的“底部”时也可用in；当底部是一个宽广的平面时则可用on。

adj. (形容词)

1. bottom用作形容词时意思是“底部的”“基部的”“下端的”“末尾的”,引申可指“根本的”。
2. bottom在句中多用作定语。

v. (动词)

1. bottom用作动词时意思是“给…装上底”,引申可指“降到最低”“对…寻根问底”“为…提供根据”等。
2. bottom既可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时,接名词、代词作宾语; 用作不及物动词时,多与副词out连用。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自古英语的botm，意为地面，油。

近反义词

【近义词】

• base
• butt
• end
• underneath
• basal
• base

【反义词】

• top
• top