bottom
gb/bˈɑtəm/ us/bˈɑtəm/
A1
อังกฤษ
~ 1800
ความหมาย
0 ความหมาย
คำนาม
A1
relation
1
Lowest part of something
The lowest part of something.
รูปแบบการใช้:
the bottom of [something]
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners sometimes confuse 'bottom' with 'down' — 'down' describes direction, while 'bottom' refers to position.
คำพ้องความหมาย
base (More often used for supporting structures or foundations, especially in technical or formal contexts.)
คำตรงข้าม
top (Refers to the highest point, opposite of the lowest point.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
bottom of the page
|bottom of the sea
|bottom drawer
|bottom shelf
|bottom layer
หัวข้อ
daily life
|spatial
|descriptions
|core_vocabulary
|space
ตัวอย่าง
- The keys are at the bottom of my bag.
- He found a pearl at the bottom of the lake.
- Please sign your name at the bottom of the form.
- The ball rolled to the bottom of the hill.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- The book is at the bottom of the box.
- There is water at the bottom of the glass.
- My cat sleeps at the bottom of my bed.
คำนาม
A1
entity
2
Person's buttocks
The part of your body you sit on.
รูปแบบการใช้:
[someone]'s bottom
คำพ้องความหมาย
rear (Slightly more formal or euphemistic.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
hurt your bottom
|sit on your bottom
|slap on the bottom
หัวข้อ
body
|daily life
|health
|core_vocabulary
ตัวอย่าง
- The child fell and landed on his bottom.
- She sat on her bottom and slid down the hill.
- He rubbed his sore bottom after sitting for hours.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- I sit on my bottom.
- The baby fell on her bottom.
- He has pain in his bottom.
คำนาม
A2
relation
3
Lowest position or rank
The lowest place in a group or list.
รูปแบบการใช้:
at the bottom of [a list/group]
คำพ้องความหมาย
last place (A direct equivalent but more informal in competitive contexts.)
คำตรงข้าม
top (Highest position in rank or quality.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
bottom of the league
|bottom of the class
|bottom ranking
หัวข้อ
business
|education
|sports
|core_vocabulary
ตัวอย่าง
- Their team is at the bottom of the league table.
- He finished at the bottom of his class.
- This phone is at the bottom in terms of performance.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- We are at the bottom of the list.
- She is at the bottom of the class.
- Our team is at the bottom now.
คำนาม
A1
entity
4
End or farthest downward point
The end part that is far down a slope or wall.
รูปแบบการใช้:
at the bottom of [something]
คำพ้องความหมาย
foot (More common for mountains, stairs, and similar vertical structures.)
คำตรงข้าม
top (Highest point or start of a slope.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
bottom of the stairs
|bottom of the hill
หัวข้อ
spatial
|space
|core_vocabulary
ตัวอย่าง
- They waited at the bottom of the stairs.
- We reached the bottom of the mountain by noon.
- There's a shop at the bottom of the street.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- He lives at the bottom of the hill.
- Wait for me at the bottom of the stairs.
- There is a café at the bottom of this road.
คำกริยา
B2
action
5
Reach lowest point
To go down until you touch the lowest part.
รูปแบบการใช้:
to bottom [out/in something]
คำพ้องความหมาย
settle (Implies coming to rest after moving, not necessarily reaching a low point in position or value.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
bottom out
หัวข้อ
movement
|space
|core_vocabulary
ตัวอย่าง
- The boat finally bottomed in shallow water.
- Divers reported they had bottomed at thirty meters.
- The submarine bottomed out on the seabed.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- The boat bottomed in shallow water.
- We bottomed at ten meters.
- The submarine bottomed out on the sand.
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รูปคำในพจนานุกรม
bottom
IPA
GB/bˈɑtəm/
US/bˈɑtəm/
พยางค์และการเน้นเสียง
bot - tom (2 พยางค์)
Stress on 1st syllable (bot)
รูปคำ
Noun
- Base: bottom
- Plural: bottoms
Verb
- Base: bottom
- 3rd Person Singular: bottoms
- Present Participle: bottoming
- Past: bottomed
กลุ่มคำที่เกี่ยวข้อง
Forms
bottoms
noun
bottoming
verb
bottomed
verb
Negative and opposite forms
top
noun A1
Advanced or less common
bottomless
adjective
วลีและสำนวน
at the bottom of it all
1/ˈæt ðə bˈɑtəm əv ˈɪt ˈɔl/
idiom
Main cause or reason for something
The real reason something happens.
ตัวอย่าง
- At the bottom of it all, they just wanted to help people.
- Jealousy was at the bottom of their argument.
bottom line
1/bˈɑtəm lˈaɪn/
fixed phrase
Most important fact or result in summary form
The most important fact or result you need to know.
ตัวอย่าง
- The bottom line is that we can’t afford it.
- When it comes to safety, that’s our bottom line.
hit rock bottom
1/hˈɪt ɹˈɑk bˈɑtəm/
idiom
informal
Reach worst possible point
To be in the worst possible situation or condition.
ตัวอย่าง
- After losing his job and his home, he felt he had hit rock bottom.
- The company's sales hit rock bottom last year before improving.
from top to bottom
1/fɹˈʌm tˈɑp tə bˈɑtəm/
fixed phrase
Completely, in every part
Including every part from the highest to the lowest; completely.
ตัวอย่าง
- They cleaned the house from top to bottom.
- I read the report from top to bottom.
- The building was renovated from top to bottom last year.
scrape the bottom of the barrel
1/skɹˈeɪp ðə bˈɑtəm əv ðə bˈɛɹəl/
idiom
informal
use last and worst options
To use the worst or last choices because there are no good choices left.
ตัวอย่าง
- We're really scraping the bottom of the barrel with these candidates.
- By the final season, the show was scraping the bottom of the barrel for story ideas.
- They scraped the bottom of the barrel to find enough players for the game.
scrape the bottom of the barrel
2/skɹˈeɪp ðə bˈɑtəm əv ðə bˈɛɹəl/
idiom
informal
Use worst remaining options available
To use whatever is left, even if it is bad, because nothing better is available.
ตัวอย่าง
- We had to scrape the bottom of the barrel to find players for the team.
- By now, they are scraping the bottom of the barrel for ideas.
scrape the bottom of the barrel
3/skɹˈeɪp ðə bˈɑtəm əv ðə bˈɛɹəl/
idiom
use the worst remaining options
To use the last and worst choices because all the good ones are gone.
ตัวอย่าง
- We’re really scraping the bottom of the barrel with these candidates.
- By the end of the season, the team was scraping the bottom of the barrel for players.
- If this is the best design, they must be scraping the bottom of the barrel.