netherworld

[ˈneðəwɜ:ld] [ˈneðərwɜrld]
同义词
  • netherworld的同义词之:
    hell
柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
  • N-SING
    下层社会;犯罪频仍的地区
    If you refer to a place as a netherworld, you mean that it is dangerous and full of poor people and criminals.
    例句
    ...a London netherworld of criminals... 伦敦市一个罪犯频繁出没的地方 Waits sang about the boozy netherworld of urban America. 韦茨歌唱美国都市纵酒豪饮的下层世界。
英英词典释义
  • Noun
    1. (religion) the world of the dead;
    "he didn't want to go to hell when he died"