understoryWiktionary 原文英/ˈʌndəstɔːri/美/ˈʌndɚˌstori/林下叶层中文释义来自 ECDICT构词拆解underunder-前缀storystory词干‘a floor or level’under-Beneath, under · (figurative) To go from one side to the other; to progress along a path词源链原始词根原始印欧语Proto-Indo-European约前 4500–前 2500 年*weyd-英语Englishunderstory词源说明From under- (prefix meaning ‘beneath, under’) + story (“a floor or level”).释义名词noun1(architecture, dated, also figuratively) A story of a building below the stories generally used for residence or work.2(ecology, also attributively) The (layer of) plants that grow in the shade