bottom

美 [ˈbɑːtəm]英 [ˈbɒtəm]
  • n.底部;(朝下的)底,底面;(容器内的)底;(吃水线以下的)船底,船身;屁股;…尽头;有…底的;最下部;最末位置;套装的裙(或裤)
  • adj.底部的;最后的;尽头的
  • v.降到最低;对…寻根问底;给…装上底;为…提供根据

复数: bottoms 过去式: bottomed 现在分词: bottoming 过去分词: bottomed 第三人称单数: bottoms

bottombottom

noun

底部 lowest part

1

底部;最下部
the lowest part of sth

Footnotes are given at the bottom of each page.

脚注附于每页的下端。

I waited for them at the bottom of the hill.

我在山脚下等候他们。

The book I want is right at the bottom (= of the pile) .

我想要的书就压在(那堆书的)底层。

2

(朝下的)底,底面
the part of sth that faces downwards and is not usually seen

The manufacturer's name is on the bottom of the plate.

厂家的名称在盘子背面。

容器 of container

3

(容器内的)底
the lowest surface on the inside of a container

I found some coins at the bottom of my bag.

我在我的手提包底找到了几枚硬币。

河;池 of river/pool

4

(湖、河、游泳池等的)底;水底
the ground below the water in a lake, river, swimming pool, etc.

He dived in and hit his head on the bottom.

他跳进水里,头撞到了池底。

尾端 end of sth

5

…尽头
the part of sth that is furthest from you, your house, etc.

I went to the school at the bottom of our street.

我在位于我们那条街尽头的学校上学。

There was a stream at the bottom of the garden.

花园尽头有一条小溪。

最末位置 lowest position

6

(班级、名单等的)最末位置;排名最后的人(或团队等)
the lowest position in a class, on a list, etc.; a person, team, etc. that is in this position

a battle between the teams at the bottom of the league

联盟排名最后的几个队之间的较量

You have to be prepared to start at the bottom and work your way up.

你得准备好从最基层干起,努力向上。

I was always bottom of the class in math.

我的数学成绩总是班上最后一名。

身体部位 part of body

7

屁股;臀部
the part of the body that you sit on

衣服 clothing

8

套装的裙(或裤)
the lower part of a set of clothes that consists of two pieces

a bikini bottom

比基尼泳装的短裤

a pair of pyjama/tracksuit bottoms

一条睡裤 / 运动裤

船 of ship

9

(吃水线以下的)船底,船身
the lower part of a ship that is below the surface of the water

有…底 -bottomed

10

有…底的
having the type of bottom mentioned

a flat-bottomed boat

平底船

习语

used to say what sb/sth is really like

他们提出要帮忙,这其实还是他们为自己考虑。
Their offer to help was at bottom self-centred.

to be the original cause of sth, especially sth unpleasant

people stop buying or using the products of a particular industry

旅游市场出现了萧条局面。
The bottom has fallen out of the travel market.

used to express good wishes when drinking alcohol, or to tell sb to finish their drink

to find out the real cause of sth, especially sth unpleasant

high up/low down in the structure of an organization or a society

这些工人处在经济结构的底层。
These workers are at the bottom of the economic heap.

in a way that is sincere

我诚心诚意地恳求你饶他一命吧。
I beg you, from the bottom of my heart, to spare his life.

It was clearly an offer that came from the heart.

那很明显是由衷的提议。

in the least/most important position in a group of people or things

to have to use whatever things or people you can get, because there is not much choice available

going to every part of a place in a very thorough way

我们把房子彻底打扫了一遍。
We cleaned the house from top to bottom.

adj.

only before noun底部的;最后的;尽头的
in the lowest, last or furthest place or position

the bottom line (on a page)

(一页的)最末一行

your bottom lip

下嘴唇

the bottom step (of a flight of stairs)

(楼梯的)最低一级

on the bottom shelf

在架子底层

Put your clothes in the bottom drawer.

把你的衣服放在最下面的抽屉里。

Their house is at the bottom end of Bury Road (= the end furthest from where you enter the road) .

他们的房子位于贝里路的尽头。

in the bottom right-hand corner of the page

在这一页的右下角

the bottom end of the price range

最低价位

to go up a hill in bottom gear

用低挡爬山

We came bottom (= got the worst result) with 12 points.

我们以12分垫底儿。

习语
see also rock-bottom

verb

1

降到最低点;停止恶化
to stop getting worse

The recession is finally beginning to show signs of bottoming out.

经济衰退终于出现了走出谷底的迹象。

These are all words for the lowest part of sth.以上各词均指底部、最下部。

[usually sing.] the lowest part of sth指底部、最下部:

Footnotes are given at the bottom of each page.

脚注附于每页的下端。

I waited for them at the bottom of the hill.

我在山脚下等他们。

[usually sing.] the lowest part of sth, especially the part or surface on which it rests or stands指根基、基底、底座:

The lamp has a heavy base.

这台灯的底座很沉。

[usually pl.] a layer of bricks, concrete, etc. that forms the solid underground base of a building指地基、房基、基础:

to lay the foundations of the new school

给新校舍打地基

[sing.] the lowest part of sth指最下部、底部:

At the foot of the stairs she turned to face him.

她在楼梯底转过身来面对着他。

Foot is used to talk about a limited number of things: it is used most often with tree , hill/mountain , steps/stairs and page . Bottom can be used to talk about a much wider range of things, including those mentioned above for foot . Foot is generally used in more literary contexts.

bottom

频次

  • 1
    N-COUNT 底;底部
    The bottom of something is the lowest or deepest part of it.

    He sat at the bottom of the stairs...

    他坐在最下面的一级楼梯上。

  • 2
    ADJ 最下方的;底部的;底层的
    The bottom thing or layer in a series of things or layers is the lowest one.

    There's an extra duvet in the bottom drawer of the cupboard.

    橱柜最底层的抽屉里还有一床羽绒被。

  • 3
    N-COUNT 底面;内底面;外底面
    The bottom of an object is the flat surface at its lowest point. You can also refer to the inside or outside of this surface as the bottom .

    Spread the onion slices on the bottom of the dish.

    把洋葱片铺在盘底。

  • 4
    N-SING (某市场或产业的)最差状况,低谷
    If you say that the bottom has dropped or fallen out of a market or industry, you mean that people have stopped buying the products it sells.

    The bottom had fallen out of the city's property market.

    该市的房地产市场已陷入极度低迷。

  • 5
    N-SING (街道、花园的)尽头,远端
    The bottom of a street or garden is the end farthest away from you or from your house.

    ...the Cathedral at the bottom of the street.

    街道尽头的大教堂

  • 7
    N-SING (桌子的)边角;(床)脚,尾
    The bottom of a table is the end farthest away from where you are sitting. The bottom of a bed is the end where you usually rest your feet.

    Malone sat down on the bottom of the bed.

    马隆在床脚坐下了。

  • 9
    N-SING (组织机构或职业架构的)最底层,基层
    The bottom of an organization or career structure is the lowest level in it, where new employees often start.

    He had worked in the theatre for many years, starting at the bottom.

    他从最基础的干起,已经从事戏剧工作很多年了。

  • 10
    N-SING (调查、测试或联赛中的)表现最差者,最后一名
    If someone is bottom or at the bottom in a survey, test, or league their performance is worse than that of all the other people involved.

    He was always bottom of the class...

    他一直是全班的最后一名。

  • 11
    N-COUNT 臀部;屁股
    Your bottom is the part of your body that you sit on.

    If there was one thing she could change about her body it would be her bottom.

    如果能对自己的身体做一点改变,那她会选择臀部。

  • 12
    N-COUNT (比基尼泳装的)泳裤;(田径服、睡衣的)裤子
    The lower part of a bikini, tracksuit, or pair of pyjamas can be referred to as the bottoms or the bottom.

    She wore blue tracksuit bottoms.

    她穿了一件蓝色田径裤。

  • 13
    See also:-bottomed;rock bottom

  • 14
    PHRASE 实质上;实际上
    You use at bottom to emphasize that you are stating what you think is the real nature of something or the real truth about a situation.

    The two systems are, at bottom, conceptual models...

    这两个系统实质上是两种概念模式。

  • 15
    PHRASE 是…的真正原因;是…的根源
    If something is at the bottom of a problem or unpleasant situation, it is the real cause of it.

    Often I find that anger and resentment are at the bottom of the problem.

    我常常发现愤怒和不满是问题的真正根源。

  • 16
    PHRASE 打心眼里;衷心地
    You can say that you mean something from the bottom of your heart to emphasize that you mean it very sincerely.

    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。

  • 17
    PHRASE 找到…的真正起因;查寻到…的根源
    If you want to get to the bottom of a problem, you want to solve it by finding out its real cause.

    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。

  • 18
    CONVENTION 干杯
    Some people say bottoms up to each other just before drinking an alcoholic drink.

  • 19
    to scrape the bottom of the barrel→ see:barrel

noun

1
a cargo ship
they did much of their overseas trade in foreign bottoms
Synonym: freighter merchantman merchant ship
2
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
he deserves a good kick in the butt
are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?
Synonym: 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
3
the lower side of anything
Synonym: underside undersurface
4
the lowest part of anything
they started at the bottom of the hill
5
a depression forming the ground under a body of water
he searched for treasure on the ocean bed
Synonym: bed
6
low-lying alluvial land near a river
Synonym: bottomland
7
the second half of an inning;while the home team is at bat
Synonym: bottom of the inning

verb

1
come to understand
Synonym: penetrate fathom
2
strike the ground, as with a ship's bottom
3
provide with a bottom or a seat
bottom the chairs

adj

1
the lowest rank
bottom member of the class

数据来源:WordNet

  1. To visit similar websites to this one , click on the links at the bottom of the page .

    要访问与这个网站类似的网站,点击网页底部的链接。

  2. I was writing my signature at the bottom of the page .

    我正往那页纸的底部签名。

  3. The book I want is right at the bottom .

    我想要的书就压在底层。

  4. The bottom line is that we have to make a decision today .

    底线是,我们今天必须作出决定。

  5. Two thousand ─ and that 's my bottom line !

    两千块——不能再低了!

  6. The water was so clear we could see the bottom of the lake .

    湖水清澈见底。

  7. I was always bottom of the class in math .

    我的数学成绩总是班上最后一名。

  8. The bottom has fallen out of the travel market .

    旅游市场出现了萧条局面。

  9. Their house is at the bottom end of Bury Road .

    他们的房子位于贝里路的尽头。

  10. You have to be prepared to start at the bottom and work your way up .

    你得准备好从最基层干起,努力向上。

  11. There was a stream at the bottom of the garden .

    花园尽头有一条小溪。

  12. We came bottom with 12 points .

    我们以12分垫底儿。

  13. There was some sludge at the bottom of the tank .

    油箱底有油泥。

  14. I found some coins at the bottom of my bag .

    我在我的手提包底找到了几枚硬币。

  15. Water was slopping around in the bottom of the boat .

    船底有水在晃荡。

  16. We cleaned the house from top to bottom .

    我们把房子彻底打扫了一遍。

  17. You can bet your bottom dollar that he 'll be late .

    他肯定会迟到。

  18. The ship sank to the bottom of the sea .

    船沉入海底。

  19. The top and bottom line of each column on the page should align .

    版面每栏的头一行和末一行要对齐。

  20. The marriage had reached rock bottom .

    婚姻已经走到了尽头。

  21. She was sitting on the bottom step of the staircase .

    她正坐在最下面一磴楼梯上。

  22. He dived in and hit his head on the bottom .

    他跳进水里,头撞到了池底。

  23. I waited for them at the bottom of the hill .

    我在山脚下等他们。

  24. I waited for them at the bottom of the hill .

    我在山脚下等候他们。

  25. The ship was buried , beyond retrieval , at the bottom of the sea .

    船已葬身海底,无法打捞。

  26. The wreck is lying at the bottom of the sea .

    沉船躺在海底。

  27. Water swilled around in the bottom of the boat .

    船底上的水来回晃荡。

  28. Footnotes are given at the bottom of each page .

    脚注附于每页的下端。

  29. Put your clothes in the bottom drawer .

    把你的衣服放在最下面的抽屉里。

  30. Scroll down to the bottom of the document .

    向下滚动到文件末尾。

bottom bed floor 【导航词义:底部】
bottom v. 底部,海底,河底
〔辨析〕

词义最广泛,可指各种事物的最底端部分。

〔例证〕

Hold the bottom of the ladder for me, please!

请帮我扶住梯子下部!

Be careful! The bottom of the pool is very slippery.

小心!池底很滑。

So many fish live on the sea bottom.

生活在海底的鱼数量繁多。

bed v. 底座;(河)床
〔辨析〕

指构成某物底部的一层,也指河、湖、海等的水底部分。

〔例证〕

on the sea bed

在海底

the bed of a river

河床

All the child wants is the prawns on a bed of lettuce.

这个孩子只想吃铺在生菜上面的大虾。

The railway was built on a bed of solid rock.

铁路建在硬石地基上。

floor v. 底,面,地板
〔辨析〕

指海洋、山洞等的底,或建筑物中的地板、地面。

〔例证〕

creatures living on the ocean floor

生活在海底的生物

the floor of a bridg

桥面

He left his books lying all over the floor.

他把书扔得满地都是。

  • 词语搭配
  • 短语动词
  • 习语

bottom与以下词性连用

v.

reach the bottom

到达底部

sink to the bottom

沉到底部

n.

bottom of the page/screen

页面/屏幕的下方

bottom drawer

底层抽屉

bottom of the pool

泳池池底

river bottom

河底

bottom lip

下嘴唇

bottom rung

阶梯底层

prep.

along the bottom

沿着底部

on the bottom

在底部

at/near the bottom

在/靠近底部(或末尾)

(价格等)达到最低点,停止恶化

以下资源来自牛津词典

bottom out

降到最低点;停止恶化
to stop getting worse

The recession is finally beginning to show signs of bottoming out.

经济衰退终于出现了走出谷底的迹象。

n.

at bottom

归根结底;本质上;实际上
used to say what sb/sth is really like

Their offer to help was at bottom self-centred.

他们提出要帮忙,这其实还是他们为自己考虑。

be/lie at the bottom of sth

是某事的根源(或起因、导火线)
to be the original cause of sth, especially sth unpleasant

the bottom drops/falls out (of sth)

(某行业)产品滞销;暴跌
people stop buying or using the products of a particular industry

The bottom has fallen out of the travel market.

旅游市场出现了萧条局面。

bottoms up!

干杯
used to express good wishes when drinking alcohol, or to tell sb to finish their drink

get to the bottom of sth

找到起因;挖出祸根
to find out the real cause of sth, especially sth unpleasant

at the top/bottom of the heap

在(机构或社会的)顶层 / 底层
high up/low down in the structure of an organization or a society

These workers are at the bottom of the economic heap.

这些工人处在经济结构的底层。

from the (bottom of your) heart

真诚地;从内心(深处)
in a way that is sincere

I beg you, from the bottom of my heart, to spare his life.

我诚心诚意地恳求你饶他一命吧。

It was clearly an offer that came from the heart.

那很明显是由衷的提议。

(at the) bottom/top of the pile

处于无足轻重的 / 举足轻重的地位
in the least/most important position in a group of people or things

scrape (the bottom of) the barrel

(因别无选择)将就,凑合
to have to use whatever things or people you can get, because there is not much choice available

from top to bottom

从上到下;彻底地
going to every part of a place in a very thorough way

We cleaned the house from top to bottom.

我们把房子彻底打扫了一遍。

touch bottom

1

触到水底
to reach the ground at the bottom of an area of water

2

到最坏境况;到最低点;跌到谷底
to reach the worst possible state or condition

adj.

you can bet your life/your bottom dollar (on sth/(that)…)


You can bet your bottom dollar that he'll be late.

他肯定会迟到。