neth·er /ˈnɛðɚ/
(a.)下麵的,下方的,下界的
Neth·er a. Situated down or below; lying beneath, or in the lower part; having a lower position; belonging to the region below; lower; under; -- opposed to upper.
'Twixt upper, nether, and surrounding fires. --Milton.
This darksome nether world her light
Doth dim with horror and deformity. --Spenser.
All my nether shape thus grew transformed. --Milton.
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nether
adj 1: lower; "gnawed his nether lip"
2: of the underworld; "nether regions" [syn: chthonian, chthonic,
lower]
3: located below or beneath something else; "nether garments";
"the under parts of a machine" [syn: under]