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单词 open water
释义

open water

noun

plural open waters
: water that is clear of obstacles to passage or view : water that is open (see open entry 1 sense 7a)
The word marsh conjures up a mental picture of a soggy, flat area filled with cattails and other herbaceous vegetation, with ducks sitting on patches of open water. Robert H. Mohlenbrock
often, specifically : water that is free of ice
When the river froze in the fall, a mile of open water had been left between two mighty jams. Jack London
Polynyas were areas of persistent open water, found throughout the circumpolar arctic, places kept ice-free by currents and wind patterns. David R. Masiel
Because the penguins feed in the ocean, they typically set up colonies near open water and must establish new nests when the coastline becomes covered in … ice. Science News

Word History

First Known Use

1625, in the meaning defined above

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