| 单词 | submerged | 
| 释义 | submergedadj.n. A. adj.  1.  That is sunk or covered over (as) under water; immersed, inundated. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > condition of being submerged or action of submerging > 			[adjective]		 sunken1578 sunka1584 drowned1616 underwater1627 submersed1684 submerged1697 whelmeda1821 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > 			[adjective]		 > causing to plunge or sink in liquid > plunged or sunk in liquid bedove1513 immersed1678 submerged1697 whelmeda1821 1697    J. Evelyn Numismata iv. 166  				The taking up of Treasure, submerged Ordnance and other Wrecks from the bottom of the profoundest Seas. 1764    M. Murray tr.  H. L. Duhamel du Monceau Elem. Naval Archit. 82  				The pressure of the fluid acting upon all the submerged parts of the solid body. 1799    R. Kirwan Geol. Ess. 81  				The crash and ruin of the submerged continent. 1847    G. Grote Hist. Greece III.  ii. xi. 197  				The history of the vast submerged island of Atlantis. 1882    Daily Tel. 28 Oct. 2/4  				The only chance is to fish..on the submerged banks in the eddies for roach. 1914    D. Christie Thirty Years Moukden vi. 50  				Besides the submerged villages, a large part of the suburbs of Moukden was under water. 1935    E. Bowen House in Paris  ii. ii. 101  				Aunt Violet came down to dinner wrapped up in old lace, with a submerged diamond brooch glittering through. 1968    D. O'Grady Bottle of Sandwiches 201  				Between a large submerged log and an old-man willow. 2001    Heat 17 Nov. 109/4  				The above-water shots of the submerged whale are very effective.  2.  Botany. Growing entirely under water. ΚΠ 1783    tr.  C. Linnaeus Syst. Veg. 		(1785)	 I. 422  				R[anunculus aquatilis] the submerged leaves capillary [L. submersis capillaceis]. 1857    A. Henfrey Elem. Course Bot. 61  				When they grow wholly under water (submerged leaves). 1884    F. O. Bower  & D. H. Scott tr.  H. A. de Bary Compar. Anat. Phanerogams & Ferns 56  				Hair-structures..under all states of adaptation, even in submerged species. 1922    A. H. Church Introd. Plant Life Oxf. District iv. 39  				No aquatic can make good in the water until it has solved the problem of aerating the submerged root-system by which it absorbs its food-salts. 1943    Amer. Midland Naturalist 29 84  				Except in the deeper parts most of the bottom of the pond is covered by a jungle of submerged plants. 2006    A. G. van der Valk Biol. Freshwater Wetlands v. 98  				The predicted pattern in East Anglia was algae, submerged aquatic communities..and finally terrestrial or dry woodlands.  3.  figurative. Hidden, unseen; neglected; oppressed, downtrodden. ΚΠ 1837    T. Carlyle French Revol. I.  v. iv. 249  				Happily, in place of the submerged Twenty-six, the Electoral Club is gathering. 1890    W. Booth In Darkest Eng.  i. ii. 22  				We have an army of nearly two millions belonging to the submerged classes. 1909    Jrnl. Abnormal Psychol. 4 144  				The symbolic expression of a submerged mental complex. 1937    Times Lit. Suppl. 25 Dec. 970/2  				This submerged Dickens..comes nearer to raising his head in the Christmas Books. 1941    Harper's Mag. Jan. 176/2  				The wants and dreams of the submerged majority would now be projected into..homes, schools, well-fed children, long days of peace. 1972    S. Heaney in  Hibernia 3 Nov. 11/2  				Both discovered early a way of affiliating an individual talent to a submerged tradition. 2004    Times Lit. Suppl. 4 June 14/2  				The short story is designed to describe a submerged people.  4.  Nautical. That is operating or used beneath the surface of the sea; esp. of or relating to a submarine operating under water. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > 			[adjective]		 > under or on top of water (of submarine) submerged1878 surfaced1940 1878    Nature 10 Oct. 632/1  				Of all the accidents to which submerged submarine cables are liable, one would suppose that that by fire would be the very last that would occur. 1888    Proc. U.S. Naval Inst. 14 252  				Maximum surface speed, 14⅓ knots; maximum submerged speed, 18 knots. 1914    C. W. Domville-Fife Submarines, Mines & Torpedoes 10  				Each of the 1,500 surface warships..carries the means for delivering submarine attacks in its torpedoes and surface and submerged discharging tubes. 1928    C. F. S. Gamble Story N. Sea Air Station 311  				Their maximum submerged speed was, for a limited period, as much as 9 knots. 1974    L. Deighton Spy Story xviii. 192  				Nuclear subs go faster submerged. 2009    N.Y. Times 		(National ed.)	 17 Feb.  a6/1  				Requiring NATO nations to advise one another of the whereabouts of submerged submarines.  B. n.   = submerged tenth n. at  Compounds; the poorest and most deprived section of society. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > 			[noun]		 > poor person > deprived or underprivileged people low-paid1739 submerged tenth1890 submerged1897 dispossessed1901 underprivileged1935 wretched of the earth1965 1897    Daily News 31 Mar. 8/3  				Those who seek to ameliorate the conditions of the submerged. 1903    Westm. Gaz. 18 Feb. 10/1  				A..leader of hosts of submerged from the Egypt of slumdom. 1930    E. S. Hamblen On Minor Prophecies William Blake xx. 196  				The submerged are threatening; making their voices heard; creating uncertainty regarding the security of the institutions. 1964    M. Adler in  A. E. Millgram Great Jewish Ideas vi. 114  				The violator and the submerged are objects of its [sc. the law's] interest and compassion. 2004    M. G. Raskin Liberalism xi. 185  				For thousands of years the submerged have believed that there is no other way to live in the world except by being dominated. Compounds  submerged-arc welding  n. Engineering a method of arc welding with a bare metal electrode in which both arc and electrode tip are entirely covered by a loose flux powder fed to the welding area. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > 			[noun]		 > welding > types of butt welding1878 lead burning1886 arc welding1890 thermite process1905 thermite welding1906 resistance welding1908 spot welding1908 seam welding1917 fusion welding1918 projection welding1918 stud welding1918 metal arc welding1926 pressure welding1926 metallic arc welding1927 flash-butt welding1933 flash welding1933 stitch welding1934 rightward welding1936 block welding1943 submerged-arc welding1945 friction welding1946 T.I.G.1960 microwelding1962 1945    Industry & Welding Apr. 78 		(heading)	  				Submerged arc welding steps up production of invasion boat assemblies. 1970    Times 18 Nov. p. iv  				Automatic welding processes include submerged arc welding. 2005    APT Bull. 36 36/1  				For shop welding use SAW (submerged-arc welding) where applicable.   submerged tenth  n. the ten per cent of any population which is (regarded as living) permanently in poverty and misery; the underclass; cf. upper ten n..The term submerged tenth was coined by William Booth, the founder of the Salvation Army, in 1890. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > 			[noun]		 > poor person > deprived or underprivileged people low-paid1739 submerged tenth1890 submerged1897 dispossessed1901 underprivileged1935 wretched of the earth1965 1890    W. Booth In Darkest Eng.  i. ii. 23  				This Submerged Tenth—is it, then, beyond the reach of the nine-tenths in the midst of whom they live? 1931    Times Lit. Suppl. 1 Oct. 750/3  				The submerged tenth, the hairy apes of society. 2009    G. Dorrien Social Ethics in Making iii. 171  				A city missionary offered to acquaint Addams with the ‘submerged tenth’ of London. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  | 
	
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