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the netherworld
指死者灵魂所在的冥界，通常与定冠词 the 连用。
The hero journeyed to the netherworld to rescue his lost love.
这位英雄前往冥界去救回他失去的爱人。
阴间；冥界
netherworlds — plural of netherworld
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
阴间；冥界
the world of the dead, especially the place beneath the earth to which spirits are believed to go after death
The hero journeyed to the netherworld to rescue his lost love.
这位英雄前往冥界去救回他失去的爱人。
人死后灵魂所归的地下世界
The place to which one's spirit descends upon death, conceived as below the surface of the earth.
阴间,冥界
(religion) the world of the dead; -Theognis
灵魂世界或来世所在,无论是否位于人间之下
The locale of the spirit world or afterlife, whether deemed to be situated below the world of the living or not.
来世中的惩罚之地；地狱
Specifically, a location of punishment in the afterlife; a hell.
In many ancient myths, heroes journey to the netherworld to speak with the dead.
在许多古代神话中，英雄前往冥界与死者交谈。
The old legend says that the river separates the living from the netherworld.
古老的传说称，这条河将生者与冥界隔开。
She wrote a novel about a detective who accidentally enters the netherworld.
她写了一部关于一名侦探意外闯入冥界的小说。
指死者灵魂所在的冥界，通常与定冠词 the 连用。
The hero journeyed to the netherworld to rescue his lost love.
这位英雄前往冥界去救回他失去的爱人。
from the netherworld 表示“从冥界、从阴间”，常用于描述亡灵归来或来自阴间的事物。
Legends say the dead can return from the netherworld.
传说死者能从冥界归来。
a netherworld of ... 表示“……的黑暗世界、……的非法世界”，引申指隐秘或邪恶的群体或现象。
The detective uncovered a netherworld of crime beneath the city's bright surface.
侦探揭露了这座城市光鲜表面之下的犯罪黑暗世界。
Not this
He believes the soul goes to netherworld after death.
Use this
He believes the soul goes to the netherworld after death.
netherworld 是可数名词，表示“阴间”这个具体地点时需加定冠词 the；中文没有冠词概念，学习者容易遗漏。
Not this
She vanished into the nether world.
Use this
She vanished into the netherworld.
netherworld 是一个不可拆分的复合名词，应写成一个词，拆成 nether world 属于拼写错误。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
坠入阴间
In the myth, the hero descends to the netherworld to bring back his wife.
在神话中，英雄坠入阴间去带回他的妻子。
冥界之主
Ancient poems describe the ruler of the netherworld as a stern judge.
古诗把冥界之主描述为一位严酷的审判者。
罪恶的黑暗世界
The novel follows a detective into the netherworld of crime.
这部小说跟随一名侦探进入罪恶的黑暗世界。
阴间的灵魂
The oracle was said to communicate with the souls of the netherworld.
据说这位先知能与阴间的灵魂交流。
从阴间出现
Ghosts emerge from the netherworld only at midnight.
幽灵只在午夜从阴间出现。
前往阴间之旅
Her journey to the netherworld is the poem's central episode.
她前往阴间之旅是这首诗的中心情节。
Use netherworlds naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
nether 意为“下面”，world 是“世界”：地下世界即阴间冥界。想想《我的世界》的地狱（下界）景象。
语域：formal 常见场景：宗教与神话讨论、文学与奇幻作品、历史或文化论述 该词为正式/书面用词，通常用于文学、宗教或历史文化讨论中，指人死后的灵魂世界（阴间、冥界）；日常口语中比较少见。
常用单数，the netherworld 指冥界/阴间；复数 netherworlds 指多个神话中的冥界。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.