单词 | submarine meadow |
释义 | > as lemmassubmarine meadow submarine meadow n. an area of vegetation on the sea bed, esp. one consisting of grass-like plants. ΚΠ 1668 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 3 702 The Grasse of the Sub-marine Meadows is not a span long. 1728 Athenian Oracle (ed. 3) I. 346/2 These animals in their proper seasons deposite the spawn in particular creeks, rocks, weeds, and submarine meadows. 1883 Sci. Amer. 29 Dec. 407/1 Their [sc. needle fish] favourite dwelling places are in the submarine meadows and sea marshes, where the long-leaved sea grass grows luxuriantly. 1907 G. F. S. Elliot Romance Plant Life 162 The waving grasslike leaves form a rich submarine meadow. 2001 Limnol. & Oceanogr. 46 24 The plants form extensive submarine meadows that can be found in oligotrophic and mesotrophic shallow marine waters all over the world. < as lemmas |
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