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发信人: watergod (共工), 信区: English
标 题: A.Word.A.Day--netherworld(转载)
发信站: 哈工大紫丁香 (2000年11月08日10:22:11 星期三), 转信
【 以下文字转载自 watergod 的信箱 】
【 原文由 Wordsmith 所发表 】
netherworld also nether world (NETH-r-wurld) noun
1. The world of the dead; Hades.
2. The underworld; hell.
3. The lower depths of society.
[Middle English, from Old English neothera, from neother, down + world.]
"Jungle juggernauts they may be, but the elephants heaved and struggled to
tow the logs through that deep, narrow gorge, a netherworld of dense teak
trees through which only slivers of sunlight could penetrate.
Anthony Mecir, Michael Freeman, Big trouble, Smithsonian, Sep 1998.
This week's theme: words to mark Halloween.
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Library: A place where the dead lie. -Elbert Hubbard, author, editor, printer
(1856-1915) [The Roycroft Dictionary]
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