English Dictionary

below

/bɪˈləʊ/

prep

Lower in spatial position than. / Lower than in value, price, rank, concentration, etc. / Downstream of. / South of. / Unsuitable to the rank or dignity of; beneath. / (stage directions) Downstage of.

The book is below the table.

意味（1）

Lower in spatial position than.

One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn, after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free from interruption, for he was seated on a horse-block below me, playing with a fox terrier.

意味（2）

Lower than in value, price, rank, concentration, etc.

one degree below kings

意味（3）

Downstream of.

The River Thames is tidal below Teddington Lock.

意味（4）

South of.

Sudan is below Egypt.

意味（5）

Unsuitable to the rank or dignity of; beneath.

They beheld, with a just loathing and disdain, […] how below all history the persons and their actions were.

意味（6）

(stage directions) Downstage of.

Below the sofa is a low, round coffee table.