sub-

prefix
🔊/sʌb/
🔊/sʌb/
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  1. (in nouns and adjectives构成名词和形容词) below; less than在…以下;少于;低于;亚于;次于
    • sub-zero temperatures零度以下气温
    • a subtropical (= almost tropical) climate亚热带气候
    • substandard低于标准的
  2. (in nouns and adjectives构成名词和形容词) under在…下面(或底下)
    • subway地铁
    • submarine潜艇
  3. (in verbs and nouns构成动词和名词) a smaller part of something分支;分部;分
    • subdivide再划分
    • subset子集
  4. Word Originfrom Latin sub ‘under, close to’.