subterranean
英 [,sʌbtə'reɪnɪən]
美[,sʌbtə'renɪən]
- adj. 地下的；秘密的；隐蔽的
- n. 地下工作者
英英释意
- 1. being or operating under the surface of the earth;
- "subterranean passages"
- "a subsurface flow of water"
- 2. lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed);
- "subterranean motives for murder"
- "looked too closely for an ulterior purpose in all knowledge"- Bertrand Russell