| 单词 | bottle chart |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbottle chart bottle chart n. Nautical (now historical) a chart of ocean surface currents compiled from data obtained by plotting the course taken by bottles dropped into the water from ships; see note at bottle track n. ΚΠ 1843 Naut. Mag. & Naval Chron. No. 9. 321 In the Nautical Magazine for this month there has appeared a ‘Bottle Chart,’ calculated to do serious injury by misleading the navigator. 1899 Nature 27 July 291/1 A..bottle-chart of the seasonal variation of the Gulf Stream and its attendant drift. 1980 Times of India 6 Apr. 11/7 The track of the bottle was recorded in a bottle chart which gave a good indication of the oceanic currents. 2002 C. G. Hearn Tracks in Sea vi. 101 A bottle chart that tracked the voyages of one hundred bottles cast from different locations in the center of the Atlantic. < as lemmas |
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