bottom

['bɔtəm]

n.底部, 底端
adj.底部的
v.触底, 打(基础)

n.

1. 底; 底部; 下端[C]

The bottom of the cup is broken.

这杯子的底破了。

2. 屁股, 臀部[C]

3. (海、河的)底部, 水底[the S]

4. 最低下的部分, 底层[the S]

The apples at the bottom of the basket are smaller.

篮子底部的苹果较小。

5. 远端, 尽头[the S] [(+of)]

6. 起点; 原因[the S] [(+of)]

We will get to the bottom of the mystery.

我们将揭开这个谜。

7. (汽车等的)最低档[U]

8. 吃水线以下的船体[C]

9. 低洼地[P]

10. 持久力, 耐力[U]

a.[Z]

最低的; 最后的, 最下的

The bottom layer is a mixture of sand and clay.

最下面的一层是沙和泥的混合物。

vt.

1. 在……上装底

2. 对……寻根究底

They tried to bottom his motives but failed.

他们曾想追查他的动机但未成功。

vi.

1. 基于, 根据[(+on/upon)]

Upon what does his claim bottom?

他提出这一要求的根据是什么?

2. 到达底部; 降至最低点[(+out)]

The recession has bottomed out.

经济衰退已至谷底。

词形变化

名词: bottomer | 动词过去式: bottomed | 动词过去分词: bottomed | 动词现在分词: bottoming | 动词第三人称单数: bottoms |

词义辨析

同义:

n.底部; 基部

foundation  base  lowest part  

同义参见:

deep  base  bed  basis  side  basin  seat  nether  

反义:

n.底部; 底层; 最低档

surface  top  summit  

英英释义

名词 bottom:

the lower side of anything

同义词：underside, undersurface

the lowest part of anything

the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

同义词：buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, behind, derriere, fanny, ass

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

同义词：bottom of the inning

a depression forming the ground under a body of water

同义词：bed

low-lying alluvial land near a river

同义词：bottomland

a cargo ship

同义词：freighter, merchantman, merchant ship

动词 bottom:

provide with a bottom or a seat

strike the ground, as with a ship's bottom

come to understand

同义词：penetrate, fathom

形容词 bottom:

situated at the bottom or lowest position

the lowest rank

短语词组

at bottom

1. 实际上

He pretends to be very hard, but he's a kind man at bottom.

他假装无情, 实际上却是一个善良的人。

from the bottom of one's heart

1. 衷心地

The mother thanked the man from the bottom of her heart for saving her son's life.

这位母亲衷心感谢那位救了她儿子的性命的人。

get to the bottom of

1. 弄清……的真相

The police are eager to get to the bottom of this mystery.

警方急切地想弄清这一神秘事件的真相。

补充

bottombottom英:[ˈbɔtəm] 美:[ˈbɑtəm]n.1.底部, 基部, 下端, 末尾; 水底The water drained out of the flowerpot through the hole in the bottom.水从花盆底部的洞漏出去。The skirt should be flared at the bottom.裙子下端应展开。He is always at the bottom of the class.他的成绩在班上总是排在最末。2.尽头, 末端I'll walk with you to the bottom of the road.我和你一起走到路的尽头。3.臀部, 屁股She smacked a child's bottom.她打孩子的屁股。

例句

1. Spread the onion slices on the bottom of the dish.把洋葱片铺在盘底。 2. a suitcase with a false bottom活底手提箱 3. the bottom of their shoes他们的鞋底 4. It sank to the bottom of the lake.它沉到湖底了。 5. the bottom of the sea海底 6. As the bow neared shore, the canoe suddenly touched bottom.船头靠近岸边的时候, 独木舟突然搁浅了。 7. Malone sat down on the bottom of the bed.马隆在床尾坐下了。 8. The cliff plunged in a vertical drop to the bottom.悬崖陡立, 直抵谷底。 9. A garbage truck blocked the bottom of the hill.一辆垃圾车堵在了山脚下。 10. Drag any window in the Finder to the bottom of the screen.将发现者程序中的任一窗口拖至屏幕底部。 11. the observatory he built at the bottom of his garden他在花园尽头建造的天文台 12. He sat at the bottom of the stairs.他坐在最下面一层楼梯上。 13. at the bottom of page 40在40页最下端 14. His name is at the bottom of the list.他的名字在名单的底部。 15. the Cathedral at the bottom of the street街尽头处的大教堂 16. He was always bottom of the class.他一直是全班的最后一名。 17. I'm at the bottom of my class in maths.我的数学成绩在班里垫底。 18. The team is close to bottom of the League.这支球队快跌至联赛末席了。 19. They are now three points ahead of Skye at the bottom of the table.目前, 他们比排名垫底的斯凯队高三分。 20. a researcher who is at the bottom of the pay scale一个工资级别最低的研究人员 21. He had worked in the theatre for many years, starting at the bottom.他从最基础干起, 已经从事戏剧工作很多年了。 22. He worked his way up from the bottom.他是从底层干起, 一步步升上去的。 23. a skimpy bikini bottom一件暴露的比基尼泳裤 24. She wore black tracksuit bottoms.她身着黑色的运动裤。 25. His views all have weight and bottom.他的见解都很有分量, 很具影响。 26. He's a kind man at bottom.实际上, 他是个善良的人。 27. The two systems are, at bottom, conceptual models.这两个体系实质上是概念模型。 28. Often anger and resentment are at the bottom of a problem.愤怒和不满经常是问题的根源。 29. The bottom had fallen out of the city's property market.这个城市的房地产市场已经暴跌。 30. I'm happy, and I mean that from the bottom of my heart.我很开心, 而且是那种发自肺腑的开心。 31. I want to thank everyone from the bottom of my heart.我要衷心感谢每一个人。 32. I'm going to get to the bottom of this, once and for all.我要彻底弄清这件事的缘由。 33. I have to get to the bottom of this mess.我必须查清造成这一混乱局面的真正原因。 34. the bottom drawer最底层的抽屉 35. There's an extra duvet in the bottom drawer of the cupboard.橱柜最下面的抽屉里还有一床羽绒被。 36. I steered it into the bottom corner of the net with my left foot.我用左脚把那东西搞到网罩的底角去了。 37. He found what he was looking for on the bottom shelf.他在底层架子上找到了要找的东西。 38. He tore off the bottom half of the page.他把这一页的下半页撕掉了。 39. I gnaw on the inside of my bottom lip, and try to smile.我咬住下嘴唇, 强作笑颜。 40. They still languish in the bottom half of the Third Division.他们在丙级联赛后半段的排名依然靠后。 41. There was a large stain on the bottom sheet.底下的床单上有一个大污点。 42. to bottom a chair给椅子装椅面 43. to bottom a pair of shoes给一双鞋装鞋底 44. to bottom a mystery将秘密弄清楚 45. to bottom the sub on the ocean floor把潜艇潜入海底 46. 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。 47. an argument bottomed on facts以事实为依据的论点 48. to bottom the cloth with a pale shade of indigo用浅靛蓝染料给布打底色 49. to bottom a hole to pick up gold钻洞挖金 50. The submarine bottomed to observe the ocean floor.潜艇潜入海底观察洋底。 51. to bottom on the bed of the sea卧于海底 52. Our theory bottoms on a solid basis.我们的理论建立在牢固的基础上。 53. Find on what foundation the proposition bottoms.找出这个命题建立在什么基础上。 54. There is sign that the recession has bottomed out.有迹象表明萧条已达最低点。 55. The declining securities market yesterday bottomed out and began to rise.一直衰退的证券市场昨天股票价格下跌到最低点后开始回升了。 56. The sagging economy has finally bottomed out.萧条的经济终于降至最低点，不再继续恶化。 57. The car bottomed too easily on the bumpy road.汽车在崎岖不平的道路上行驶，其底盘太容易触地了。 58. the bottom of the page.页面底部。 59. she paused at the bottom of the stairs.她在楼梯底下停了片刻。 60. the liner plunged to the bottom of the sea.飞机坠入了海底。 61. place the fruit on the bottom of the dish.把水果放在碟子的底部。 62. the shed at the bottom of the garden.花园尽头的小棚子。 63. he started at the bottom and now has his own business.他从最底层做起，现在已经有了自己的事业。 64. a pair of pyjama bottoms.睡裤。 65. a skimpy bikini bottom.性感的比基尼泳裤。 66. Toby pinched her bottom.托比掐她的屁股。 67. the books on the bottom shelf.底层架子上的书。 68. the bottom field.山下远处的田野。 69. I was put in the bottom class.我被安排在了最差的班级。 70. they came bottom with 17 points.他们仅得了17分，排名最后。 71. nuclear submarines cannot bottom.核潜艇不能沉到海底。 72. encouraging signs suggested the recession was bottoming out.令人鼓舞的迹象表明不景气的工商业已停止下滑即将恢复。 73. he's bottomed on opal there.他在那儿找到了蛋白石。 74. at bottom, science is exploration.本质上，科学就是探险。 75. he knew what was at the bottom of it—Jane wanted them to live together.他知道真正的原因——简想和他生活在一起。 76. the bottom fell out of the market for classic cars.高级轿车市场暴跌。 77. we began to study history from the bottom up.我们从头学历史。 78. a shortfall in supplies would knock the bottom out of the engineering industry.物资供应不足会使机械建造业崩溃。 79. you can bet your bottom dollar it'll end in tears.可以确定，这要以眼泪收场。 80. a glass-bottomed boat.玻璃底船。 81. bare-bottomed toddlers.光脚学步的婴儿。 82. The sea is so clear that you can see the bottom.大海清澈见底。 83. He fell over and landed on his bottom.他摔倒时屁股着地。 84. pyjama bottoms睡裤 85. track suit bottoms运动裤 86. I'm sure Molly Potter is at the bottom of all this.我敢说全部都是莫利˙波特的缘故。 87. the bottom shelf最下层的搁板 88. I live on the bottom floor.我住在底层。 89. He's waiting at the bottom of the stairs.他正在楼梯底下等着。 90. Our house is at the bottom of the hill.我们的房子在山脚下。 91. The top of the wall is painted and the bottom is covered in wood paneling.墙顶上刷涂料，底下镶木板。 92. the bottom of the page/screen/list页面/屏幕/列表底部 93. Please fill out this form and sign your name at the bottom.请填好表并在最下面签名。 94. the ship's bottom [=underside]船底 95. The bowl was signed on the bottom [=base] by the artist.碗底有艺术家的签名。 96. There's a small cut on the bottom [=sole] of his foot.他脚底有个小伤口。 97. I think there is still a little sugar left in the bottom of the box/container.我想盒子/容器底部还剩了点糖。 98. The pool is so deep I could not touch the bottom.池子太深，我够不到底。 99. One of the drawers has a false bottom. [=a panel that looks like the drawer's bottom but that can be removed to expose more space]其中一个抽屉有个夹层的活底。 100. We sailed to the bottom of the bay.我们把船开到海湾的尽头。 101. the bottom of the garden花园的尽头 102. The poor baby has a rash all over his little bottom.可怜的宝宝小屁股上满是皮疹。 103. The company's new CEO started at the bottom and worked her way up.公司新任首席执行官是从基层做起、一步步被提拔上来的。 104. Why do I always find myself rooting for the team at the bottom of the league?为什么我支持的队在联赛中总是排名垫底？ 105. She graduated at the bottom of her/the class. [=her grades were among the lowest in her graduating class]她以全班最差的成绩毕业。 106. at the bottom of the pay scale处于最低薪级 107. "After weeks of losing value, the company's stocks have hit bottom. [=reached the bottom; lost all value]"公司股价连续几周下跌后，达到谷底。 108. Jim has finally scraped bottom. [=has finally reached the worst possible condition]吉姆最终陷入了最艰难的境地。 109. the bottom of the ocean海底 110. the sandy river/lake bottom沙质河床/湖底 111. grazing in grassy river bottoms在绿草茵茵的河边洼地放牧 112. a bikini bottom比基尼泳装短裤 113. pajama bottoms睡裤 114. They tied the score in the bottom of the ninth inning.他们在第九局的后半局打平。 115. Stay in bottom [=bottom gear] until you reach the top of the hill.开上坡时保持最低挡直到到达山顶。 116. "The song is, at bottom [=in truth], a lullaby."这首歌实际上是摇篮曲。 117. "He is very shy, at bottom."他实际上很害羞。 118. I think I know who's at the bottom of [=behind] these pranks.我想我知道这些恶作剧是谁想出来的。 119. Here's to the groom-to-be! bottoms up!这杯酒敬准新郎！干杯！ 120. Police are working furiously to get to the bottom of this recent string of violent crimes.警方正努力查清最近一系列暴力犯罪的原因。 121. Analysts warn that recent changes in the region may result in the bottom dropping out of the oil market. [=may cause the oil market to collapse]分析家警告说，这一地区近期发生的变化可能导致石油市场暴跌。 122. "When the accident happened, she felt the bottom drop out of her world. [=she felt her world collapse]"事故发生时，她感到天都塌下来了。 123. "After the divorce, Tim felt he had reached/hit the bottom of the barrel."蒂姆离婚后，觉得自己的人生跌入了谷底。 124. The excessive coverage of the scandal signals that the news media may have finally hit/reached the bottom of the barrel.对丑闻无休止的报道意味着新闻媒体已经黔驴技穷了。 125. Salaries in the industry are scraping/hitting the bottom of the barrel. [=salaries in the industry are very low]这个行业的工资正值低谷。 126. flat bottomed boats平底船 127. the bottom rung of the ladder梯子最底层的横档 128. the bottom drawer/shelf最底层的抽屉/架子 129. her bottom lip她的下唇 130. Somebody's fingerprints are all along the bottom edge of the photograph.照片的底边满是指纹。 131. bottom fish底层鱼 132. "Real estate prices seem to have bottomed out, and sellers can expect to get higher prices in coming months."房产价格似乎降到了拐点，卖家可期望接下来的几个月价格回升。 133. The team bottomed out in last place.这个队排名降到了最后。