1.below用作副词时常作后置定语,作状语时可修饰动态动词和静态动词。
2.below可用作介词from的宾语，意为“从下面”。
3.below用作副词时不用于比较等级。

用作状语
He who would search for pearls must dive below.不入虎穴焉得虎子。
用作后置定语
I looked down at the hall below.我瞧了瞧下面的大厅。
Write your name in the place below.把你的名字写在下面。
用作介词宾语
I heard him calling from below.我听见他从下面叫我。
其他
Below is an example of a typical business letter.下面是典型商业书信的一个例子。

［同义词］ prep. beneath, under adv. beneath, down, lower, under
［反义词］ prep. above adv. above

below表示位置时不表示垂直关系。

He waited below her window until she opened it and spoke to him.他在窗下一直等到她开窗和他讲话。
The temperature is below freezing.温度低于冰点。
I don't know the real reason below the mass of pretexts.我不知道在一大堆借口掩饰之下的真正原因。
A colonel is below a general.上校级别比将军低。
He is below the average at school.他在学校的成绩是平均水准以下。
She can't be below 50.她不会小于50岁。
The bus stop is few yards below the post office.公共汽车站在邮局向南几码的地方。

below, beneath, under, underneath
参见beneath条。

below也可作“下游”解。试比较:
The river below the bridge is over two meters deep.
桥下游的河水有两公尺多深。
The river under the bridge is over two meters deep.
桥下面的河水有两公尺多深。