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单词 semisubmersible
释义

semisubmersible

adjective

semi·​sub·​mers·​ible ˌse-mē-səb-ˈmər-sə-bəl How to pronounce semisubmersible (audio)
ˌse-ˌmī-,
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: being a floating deepwater drilling platform that is towed to a desired location and then partially flooded for stabilization and usually anchored
semisubmersible noun

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web But capacity wasn’t the point: This was the first time anyone had put a multimegawatt turbine on a semisubmersible platform in the Atlantic Ocean. Judith Lewis Mernit, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2021 The platform pictured is a semisubmersible production facility, not a drilling platform. New York Times, 8 Jan. 2018 Psubs members have been tracking the development of the drug runners’ semisubmersible creations for years. Jim Popkin, WIRED, 29 Mar. 2011

Word History

First Known Use

1962, in the meaning defined above

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