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单词 waterline
释义
waterlinewa‧ter‧line /ˈwɔːtəlaɪn $ ˈwɒːtər-, ˈwɑː-/ noun Examples
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  • Her machinery and her accommodations for equipage and her fifty-eight-man crew were below the waterline.
  • The boat burns to the waterline and sinks, leaving no surviving witnesses or evidence.
  • The third struck above the waterline setting fire to the aircraft fuelling system ruptured by the first two hits.
  • There are entrances at different levels, including some below the normal waterline for use in emergencies.
  • There the trouble is largely above the waterline, though.
  • Two of the torpedoes struck below the waterline on the port side near the aviation fuel tanks.
1the waterline the level that water reaches on the side of a ship etc:  Two torpedoes struck below the waterline.2[singular] the edge of a large area of water, especially the sea, where it joins the land:  As the waterline advanced, the vegetation was swamped.
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