| 单词 | submersible |
| 释义 | submersible (once / 19282 pages) adjn Use the adjective submersible to describe something that can be used under water, like your fancy new submersible video camera. If you can use your watch while you're scuba diving, it's submersible, and so is all of your diving gear. Anything that functions in the water can be described this way, including a submarine, which is sometimes actually called a submersible. The word comes from the Latin submergere, "to plunge under or sink," from the root words sub, "under," and mergere, "to plunge or immerse." WORD FAMILYsubmersible: nonsubmersible, submersibles+/submerge: submerged, submergence, submerges, submergible, submerging, submersible/submergence: submergences/submergible: nonsubmergible USAGE EXAMPLESSome 3,000 people, including more than 100 divers, as well as ships, planes, helicopters and submersibles are involved in the operation near Sochi. BBC(Dec 26, 2016) Drones and submersibles were being used to help spot bodies and debris. Washington Times(Dec 26, 2016) China returned the submersible drone it seized from the U.S. New York Times(Dec 20, 2016) 1adj capable of being immersed in water or functioning while submerged a submersible pump Syn|Ant submergible nonsubmergible, nonsubmersible not submersible or submergible 2n an apparatus intended for use under water Hypo|Hyper bathyscape, bathyscaph, bathyscaphe navigable deep diving vessel for underwater exploration bathyspherespherical deep diving apparatus (lowered by a cable) for underwater exploration diving belldiving apparatus for underwater work; has an open bottom and is supplied with compressed air minisub, minisubmarinesubmersible vessel for one or two persons; for naval operations or underwater exploration apparatus, setup equipment designed to serve a specific function 3n a warship designed to operate under water Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper submersible warship surface ship a warship that operates on the surface of the water U-boat, pigboat, sub, submarine a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes attack submarinea military submarine designed and armed to attack enemy shipping auxiliary research submarinea submarine for research purposes fleet ballistic missile submarinea submarine carrying ballistic missiles nautilus, nuclear submarine, nuclear-powered submarinea submarine that is propelled by nuclear power combat ship, war vessel, warship a government ship that is available for waging war |
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