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单词 underwater
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underwater
(ʌndəʳwɔːtəʳ )
1. adverb [ADVERB after verb, noun ADVERB] B2
Something that exists or happens underwater exists or happens below the surface of the sea, a river, or a lake.
...giant submarines able to travel at high speeds underwater.
Some stretches of beach are completely underwater at high tide.
State television showed film of vast areas of farmland underwater.
Underwater is also an adjective.
...underwater exploration.
...underwater fishing with harpoons.
...a retired underwater photographer.
2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] B2
Underwater devices are specially made so that they can work in water.
...underwater camera equipment.
...a pool of clear water lit by underwater lights.
Synonyms: submerged, submarine, immersed, sunken  
Collocations:
live underwater
This means that she has not only the ability to live underwater, but the ability to manipulate water at her will.
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The larvae feed on various water plants and live underwater.
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Unlike depictions of mermaids in other mythologies, these are anatomically identical to land-bound humans, differing only in their ability to breathe and live underwater.
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Beings that live underwater who live a life of mirth and frivolity.
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They live underwater and occasionally come to the surface, but only when provoked.
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underwater cable
In the winter of 1910 the underwater cable that allowed telegraphic communication broke.
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Although there have been advances in satellite technology, underwater cables remain the fastest, most efficient way to send information between continents.
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Underwater cables transmit 97 per cent international data as $10trillion in daily financial transactions.
The Sun
However, downloading delays could soon be cut after the completion of a web of underwater cables.
Times, Sunday Times
Underwater cables that criss-cross the ocean floor are the internet's backbone, carrying 98 per cent of international traffic.
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underwater creature
They also found her similar to a manatee or a narwhal because her floating body resembled an underwater creature.
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He’s especially interested in the fouling community, underwater creatures like tunicates and bryozoans that grow on boats, docks and fishing and aquaculture equipment.
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This new series examines the most dangerous of them, beginning with underwater creatures.
The Sun
They look like underwater creatures putting their heads up to look around them.
Times, Sunday Times
Quirky shellfish and underwater creatures are seemingly everywhere at the moment.
The Sun
underwater scene
It offers a three-dimensional underwater scene with the tentacles of an octopus extending behind the words, creating a physical analogue of the poem, which speaks of concealment, disguise, and distance.
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The artist painted the mural, depicting underwater scenes, in the 1930s after the pavilion was rebuilt following a fire.
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Windows have been let into the sides of the tank to simplify the photographing of underwater scenes.
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There are things that will be quite challenging for methe rainforest, underwater scenes, crocodiles, and thousands of extras!
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Specialist equipment was required to achieve the underwater scenes in the film.
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underwater use
For underwater use, cameras, including video cameras can be provided with special housings that enables them to be used underwater.
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They lock him in an experimental pressure chamber designed for deep underwater use and simulate the conditions which preceded the hole in his memory.
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If a hawk swoops down on it, it can dive, and row its way back to shore underwater using its wings.
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They propel themselves underwater using their webbed feet.
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When fishing, it swims underwater using its semi-extended wings as paddles to fly through the water and its feet as a rudder.
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underwater vehicle
Using a remotely operated underwater vehicle equipped with cameras, its target last week was an ancient shipwreck that sank, along with its cargo of amphoras, about 2,000 years ago.
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The flight recorder was recovered using a remotely operated underwater vehicle and found to be intact.
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They were documented using a remotely operated underwater vehicle.
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If they need an airplane, he'll pilot it, if they need an underwater vehicle, he'll build it, if they need to record a video secretly, he'll slap together the mini-camera.
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The decision to award the contract will also hinge on the type of underwater vehicles most suitable for the job.
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underwater volcano
There are incredible images of an erupting underwater volcano, with rivers of molten lava exploding below the waves.
Times, Sunday Times
Tonight's voyage charts 'the birth, growth and death of an island' - underwater volcanoes, cascading lava and all.
Times, Sunday Times
Scientists still have much to learn about the location and activity of underwater volcanoes.
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The water quickly cools the lava, resulting in pillow lava shapes similar to those of underwater volcanoes.
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underwater world
Just one of many insights into this mysterious underwater world.
The Sun
Colourful parrot fish and rainbow wrasse welcomed us to the underwater world so close to the rocky coastline.
The Sun
It's not just the underwater world that co-operates.
Times, Sunday Times
But once you are in you are moving freely in three dimensions in this fantas-tic, underwater world.
The Sun
The collection suggested a 'futuristic underwater world'.
Times, Sunday Times
Translations:
Chinese: 在水下
Japanese: 水中に
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