Čo znamená underground v angličtine a aká je definícia underground?

V tomto najautoritatívnejšom anglickom slovníku sa môžete naučiť underground výslovnosť, gramatika a synonymá.

underground Význam & definícia

0 below the surface of the earth; below ground:
- an underground cave/passage/cable
- Moles live underground.
1 An underground activity is secret and usually illegal:
- an underground newspaper/movement
- The Communist Party was forced (to go) underground, and its leaders went into hiding.
2 a railway system in which electric trains travel through tunnels below ground:
- the London Underground
- They went on the underground.
3 people in a society who are trying new and often shocking or illegal ways of living or forms of art:
- In Britain and the USA in the 1970s, the underground was a powerful subversive force.
- He was a member of the underground, harassing the invading army.
4 below the surface of the earth; below ground:
- an underground garage
- an underground newspaper
- Officials believe the sighting of the suspect may have forced him to go underground (= to become secret).
5 The underground is an organization that secretly works against those in power:
- He was a member of the French underground in World War II.

He suffers from claustrophobia so he never travels on underground trains.
Ten miners were trapped underground when the roof of the tunnel fell in.
Electrical power is supplied by underground cables.
Planes bombed the guerrilla positions yesterday in an attempt to flush out snipers from underground tunnels.
His grandfather had bought the land as an investment, guessing that there might be gold underground.
We want to find practical solutions to the underground's problems, and to modernise its key assets such as track, signalling, bridges and embankments.
Despite the best efforts of its management and workers, the underground's quality of service is below that which passengers can reasonably expect.
The smaller lines could sometimes be undergrounded with advantage.