单词 | diving |
释义 | divingn. The action of dive v., in its various senses. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > [noun] > diving into water diving1398 plunge1615 dive1700 plunging1883 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > [noun] > dipping or plunging into liquid submersion?a1425 dippingc1440 indippinga1564 ducking1581 diving1614 immersion1658 plout1705 souse1793 the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > movement in or on water > [noun] > underwater swimming urination1697 diving1743–5 skin-diving1905 free-diving1948 scuba1952 aqualunging1953 goggle-diving1953 sub-aqua1957 snorkelling1959 scuba-diving1962 saturation diving1965 saturated diving1967 scubaing1973 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) xii. xxvi. 429 By manere of plungynge and of dyuynge. 1614 S. Rowlands Fooles Bolt soone Shott 37 A common Scould, her furious heate must coole: Wash'd by her diuing in a Cucking stoole. 1743–5 R. Pococke Trav. (Camden) II. 129 The curious manner of diveing which they lately began, in order to raise what they could of the wreck. 1854 (title) Divings into Scripture and Sprinkling of Wisdom for Little Folk. Compounds C1. attributive and in other combinations, as diving-bladder, diving-boat, diving-engine, diving-helmet, diving-machine, diving-suit, diving-bell n., etc. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > [noun] > submersible vessel diving-engine1601 diving-bella1684 submarine boat1713 bellc1715 diving-bladder1753 boat1802 diving-boat1802 bell-vessel1816 submarine1828 nautilus1875 submersible1900 bathysphere1930 bathyscaphe1947 mesoscaphe1955 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > one-piece garment > [noun] playsuit1609 romper1902 romper suit1904 diving-suit1908 bunting1914 teddy bear1917 leotard1920 Sidcot1921 sleeper1921 romper1922 pressure suit1923 boiler suit1928 maillot1928 mono1937 footy1938 all-in-one1939 siren suit1939 goonskin1943 anti-g suit1945 G-suit1945 jump suit1948 immersion suit1951 moon suit1953 poopy suit1953 dry suit1955 wetsuit1955 sleepsuit1958 Babygro1959 tank suit1959 cat-suit1960 penguin suit1961 unitard1961 bodysuit1963 shortall1966 steamer1982 1601 Bp. W. Barlow Def. Protestants Relig. 143 The diuing poole of Bethesda. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1661 (1955) III. 292 We tried our Diving bell, or Engine in the Water Dock at Deptford...It was made of Cast lead: let downe with a strong Cable. 1693 London Gaz. No. 2842/3 Letters Patents..for a Diving-Engine. 1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 199. ⁋3 The first experiment in nineteen diving engines of new construction. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Diving Bladder, a term used by Borelli for a machine..contrived for Diving under the water to great depths..The objections all other diving machines are liable to are obviated. 1802 Naval Chron. 7 270 The Diving-boat..will be capacious enough to contain eight men. a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Deving-pond, a pond from which water is drawn for domestic use, by dipping a pail. 1839 P. Hawker Diary (1893) II. 163 Inflating air into the diving machine, or rather diving dress, of the man who was working under the sea. 1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) II. 68 The diving helmet is, in principle, similar to the bell. 1908 J. London Let. 26 Oct. (1966) 264 I supply it with..diving-suits and boats. 1943 C. S. Lewis Perelandra ii. 27 If they have a scientific civilisation they may have diving-suits. C2. diving-board n. a board projecting some distance over the water, from which a swimmer dives. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > water sports except racing > swimming > [noun] > swimming pool > diving board springboard1838 diving-board1893 platform1938 1893 A. Sinclair & W. Henry Swimming (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) iv. 108 A spring diving-board is generally used for running headers. c1938 L. Mumford City Devel. (1946) 112 The curve of a diver's body as he leaps from the diving-board. diving-plane n. a horizontal rudder on a submarine for steering the vessel up or down; also a similar device fitted to instruments used in oceanography. ΚΠ 1915 R. Kipling Fringes of Fleet 29 A mine and chain had jammed under her [sc. the submarine's] forward diving-plane. 1959 H. Barnes Oceanogr. & Marine Biol. i. 31 (caption) Small high-speed Plankton Indicator... All models except the last have their own diving planes. 1959 Jane's Fighting Ships 1959–60 414 She incorporates several novel features including hydro-wings or diving planes fitted to the conning tower ‘fin’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2021). divingadj. That dives, in various senses of the verb. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > [adjective] > diving into water duckinga1400 diving1602 1602 W. Fulbecke Parallele or Conf. Law ii. Ded. 1 The industrious search of some diuing braine. a1639 H. Wotton Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1672) 392 Let the diving Negro seek For gemms hid in some forlorn creek. 1716 J. Gay Trivia iii. 58 Guard well thy Pocket, for these Syrens stand, To aid the Labours of the diving Hand. Compounds In names of various animals. diving-buck n. = diving goat n. diving-duck n. the golden-eye duck ( Clangula glaucion). ΚΠ 1813 P. Hawker Diary (1893) I. 89 I got a diving duck, and should have had more shots. 1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 161 Diving duck (Shetland Isles). diving goat n. a South African antelope ( Cephalophus mergens), the duyker-bok of the Boers. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > antelope > [noun] > subfamily Cephalophinae (duiker) duiker1777 diving goat1786 Maxwell's antelope1827 coquetoon1846 Maxwell's duiker1905 1786 G. Forster tr. A. Sparrman Voy. Cape Good Hope (ed. 2) II. 243 The duyker-bok, or diving goat..rising in its leap with its neck erect, and in its descent bringing it down between its legs..had the appearance of diving and gave rise to its name. diving-pigeon n. the black guillemot or doveky ( Uria Grylle). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Alcidae (auks) > [noun] > cepphus grylle (black guillemot) sea-pigeon1620 sea turtle-dove1676 Greenland-dove1678 Greenland dove1678 sea-turtle1678 diving-pigeon1694 pigeon diver1694 scraber1698 puffineta1705 Greenland turtle?1787 tinkershere1799 dovekie1819 1694 Acct. Several Late Voy. (1711) ii. 84 The first Diving Pigeon I got..at Spitzbergen. 1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 218 Diving pigeon. diving-spider n. Argyroneta aquatica, which lives in a nest filled with air under water. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.1398adj.1602 |
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