below

• adv.下に、下に；ページの一番下に
• prep. under.
• n. （下）人の名前；（英、独、フィン、スウェーデン語）Belo.

be-は強調のため、lowは以下。

below

below: [14] Below is a lexicalization of the phrase by low, replacing an earlier on low, the opposite of on high. It was perhaps modelled on beneath.
=> low

below (adv.)

early 14c., biloogh, from be- "by, about" + logh, lou, lowe "low" (see low (adj.)). Apparently a variant of earlier a-lowe (influenced by other adverbs in be-; see before), the parallel form to an-high (now on high). Beneath was the usual word; below was very rare in Middle English and gained currency only in 16c. It is frequent in Shakespeare. As a preposition from 1570s. According to Fowler, below is the opposite of above and concerns difference of level and suggests comparison of independent things. Under is the opposite of over and is concerned with superposition and subjection and suggests some interrelation.

1. Last year，economic growth tailed off to below four percent.

昨年、経済成長率は4%以下に低下した。

2.There were three moderate climbs to just below the 450 feet contour.

ちょうど450フィートの等高線の下に3つの緩い坂がある。

3.Do you think it 's a bit below the belt what they 're doing？

彼らのやり方は少し公明正大ではないと思いますか。

4.Down below them was the sea of upturned faces.

彼らの下には見上げた無数の顔がある。

5.From the slope below ，the wild goats bleated faintly.

山の斜面の下で、野生のヤギがヒソヒソと軽く鳴いている。