English-Thai Dictionary
antipodes
N สถานที่ 2 แห่ง ที่อยู่ ด้าน ตรงข้าม กัน บน โลก sa-than-ti-2-haeng-ti-yu-dan-trong-kham-kan-bon-lok
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
ANTIPODES
An *tip "o *des, n. Etym: [L. pl. , fr. Gr.
1. Those who live on the side of the globe diametrically opposite.
2. The country of those who live on the opposite side of the globe. Latham.
3. Anything exactly opposite or contrary. Can there be a greater contrariety unto Christ's judgment, a more perfect antipodes to all that hath hitherto been gospel Hammond.
New American Oxford Dictionary
antipodes
an tip o des |anˈtipədēz ænˈtɪpədiz | ▶plural noun ( the Antipodes ) Australia and New Zealand (used by inhabitants of the northern hemisphere ). • the direct opposite of something: we are the very antipodes of labor unions. DERIVATIVES an tip o de an |anˌtipəˈdēən |adjective & noun ORIGIN late Middle English: via French or late Latin from Greek antipodes ‘having the feet opposite, ’ from anti ‘against, opposite ’ + pous, pod- ‘foot. ’ The term originally denoted the inhabitants of opposite sides of the earth, or of the side opposite to oneself, and was later transferred to the places where they live (mid 16th cent ).
Oxford Dictionary
antipodes
antipodes |anˈtɪpədiːz | ▶plural noun 1 ( the Antipodes ) Australia and New Zealand (used by inhabitants of the northern hemisphere ). 2 the direct opposite of something: voting and violence are antipodes. ORIGIN late Middle English: via French or late Latin from Greek antipodes ‘having the feet opposite ’, from anti ‘against, opposite ’ + pous, pod- ‘foot ’. The term originally denoted the inhabitants of opposite sides of the earth.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
antipodes
an tip o des /æntɪ́pədìːz /名詞 1 ｟英 しばしばおどけて ｠〖通例the ～; 時にA -; 複数扱い 〗(北半球から反対側の )オーストラリアとニュージーランド .2 〖複数扱い 〗対蹠 （たいしよ ）地 〘地球上正反対の側にある2つの地点 〙.3 〖the ～; 単複両扱い 〗 «…の » 正反対なもの [こと ] «of , to » .
The Wordsmith Dictionary