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单词 scuba diving
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Definition of scuba diving in English:

scuba diving

nounˈskuːbə dʌɪvɪŋ
mass noun
  • The sport or activity of swimming underwater using a scuba.

    scuba-diving is available locally
    as modifier scuba-diving courses
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Fearful of succumbing to temptation, I virtuously drew down my severance pay and booked a scuba-diving trip to Cozumel, Mexico, which is famous for its endless reefs and majestic spotted eagle rays.
    • Just don't plan any scuba-diving expeditions soon after.
    • Mark Thompson's sets and costumes are serviceable, with perhaps a few too many scuba-diving suits.
    • The perils of scuba-diving and sunbathing receive attention.
    • Equally the underwater scuba-diving sequence was cool - but pretty unnecessary to the storyline - such as it was.
    • Larger yachts and sportfishing boats can be chartered for daylong fishing or scuba-diving trips.
    • Add in a full tailgate with an opening rear window, and you have the ideal vehicle for taking to the furniture store or transporting all of your scuba-diving gear.
    • This 27-year-old British-born former model and scuba-diving instructor stumbled across a colony of almost 100 squatters living in shacks next to passing trains and vermin.
    • If you are both into scuba-diving, why not have your ceremony at a beautiful resort overlooking the ocean?
    • ‘I thought you went right from scuba-diving to cowboys,’ Leslie drawled.

Derivatives

  • scuba-dive

  • verbˈskuːbədʌɪvˈskubəˌdaɪv
    [no object]
    • Swim underwater using scuba-diving equipment.

      visitors can learn to scuba-dive in the Marine Reserve
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Day at leisure, a chance to take a private trip, perhaps to admire Barbadian skill at cricket, to fish, or to snorkel or scuba-dive.
      • Offsite, kayak through a mangrove swamp, hike, bike, horseback ride, swim with dolphins, scuba-dive among shipwrecks and reefs, and tour caves.
      • When the videos of Blackadder started selling, I learnt to scuba-dive and would go diving a couple of times a year.
  • scuba diver

  • noun
    • A person who swims underwater using scuba-diving equipment.

      an avid snorkeller and scuba diver, he has loved nature from an early age
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Manatees normally avoid scuba-divers and their bubbles but are merely curious about snorkellers, so the tube is the best way to travel.
      • The remains of the mother of three lay undiscovered for 21 years before being found by chance by amateur scuba-divers in 1997.
      • The agency has received up to 70 reports a day from scuba-divers, fishermen, museums and antique dealers who were worried they had undeclared items for sale.
 
 

Definition of scuba diving in US English:

scuba diving

nounˈsko͞obə dīviNG
  • The sport or activity of swimming underwater using scuba gear.

    scuba-diving is available locally
    as modifier scuba-diving courses
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Larger yachts and sportfishing boats can be chartered for daylong fishing or scuba-diving trips.
    • Fearful of succumbing to temptation, I virtuously drew down my severance pay and booked a scuba-diving trip to Cozumel, Mexico, which is famous for its endless reefs and majestic spotted eagle rays.
    • If you are both into scuba-diving, why not have your ceremony at a beautiful resort overlooking the ocean?
    • Just don't plan any scuba-diving expeditions soon after.
    • This 27-year-old British-born former model and scuba-diving instructor stumbled across a colony of almost 100 squatters living in shacks next to passing trains and vermin.
    • Add in a full tailgate with an opening rear window, and you have the ideal vehicle for taking to the furniture store or transporting all of your scuba-diving gear.
    • Equally the underwater scuba-diving sequence was cool - but pretty unnecessary to the storyline - such as it was.
    • Mark Thompson's sets and costumes are serviceable, with perhaps a few too many scuba-diving suits.
    • The perils of scuba-diving and sunbathing receive attention.
    • ‘I thought you went right from scuba-diving to cowboys,’ Leslie drawled.
 
 
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