| 释义 | subjacent adjective
 formaluk /sʌbˈdʒeɪ.sənt/ us /sʌbˈdʒeɪ.sənt/
 under or in a lower position :
 The consequences of a dam bursting are the flooding of subjacent land, and damage to buildings and roads.
 subjacent toThis creates a new haematoma immediately subjacent to the original haematoma.
 The top layers provided a certain protection to the subjacent layers.
 This small pressure difference is enough to draw gases from subjacent soil into buildings via cracks in floors.
 The paper discusses the ecological significance of the large population of plants and animals in the sea ice and the immediately subjacent water.
 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
 Under & below
 below
 beneath
 low
 lower
 neath
 nether
 sub
 ultra-low
 under
 underfoot
 underlying
 underneath
 
 Compare
 adjacent
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