- 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。
- Answers can be found at the bottom of page 8.
 在第8页末尾可以找到答案。
- ...the bottom of the sea.
 海底
 
- 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。
 
- 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。
- ...the bottom of their shoes.
 他们的鞋底
- ...a suitcase with a false bottom.
 活底手提箱
 
- 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。
 
- 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
 
in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 end
										- 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。
 
in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 end
										- 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。
- ...a contract researcher at the bottom of the pay scale.
 工资级别最低的合同研究人员
 
- 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。
- The team is close to bottom of the League.
 这支球队快跌至联赛末席了。
 
- 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。
 
- 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。
- ...a skimpy bikini bottom.
 极其暴露的比基尼泳裤
 
- See also:  -bottomed  rock bottom 
- 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。
- At bottom, such an attitude is born not of concern for your welfare, but out of fear of losing you.
 实际上,这种态度并非源自对你幸福的关心,而是出于害怕失去你。
 
- 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。
 
- 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。
- I want to thank everyone from the bottom of my heart.
 我要衷心感谢每一个人。
 
- 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。
 
-  干杯
 Some people say bottoms up to each other just before drinking an alcoholic drink.
 
- to scrape the bottom of the barrel → see: barrel