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单词 skin diving
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skin diving

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noun

an underwater sport in which the swimmer, equipped with a lightweight mask, foot fins, and either a snorkel or a portable air cylinder and breathing device, can move about quickly and easily underwater, as for exploring or spear fishing.
Also called, especially British, free diving.

Origin of skin diving

First recorded in 1945–50

Words nearby skin diving

skin alive, skin and bones, skin care, skin-deep, skin-dive, skin diving, skin dose, skin drag, skin effect, skin flick, skinflint
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Example sentences from the Web for skin diving

  • I'd better start with a skin-diving suit made of that molded plastic Arv is turning out.

    Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung|Victor Appleton

British Dictionary definitions for skin diving

skin diving

noun

the sport or activity of diving and underwater swimming without wearing a diver's costume

Derived forms of skin diving

skin-diver, noun
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