- the sea bed surrounding a continent at depths of up to about 200 metres (100 fathoms), at the edge of which the continental slope drops steeply to the ocean floor
| 单词 | continental shelf |
| 释义 | WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024 ˈcon•tiˈnen•tal ˈshelf, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
con′tinen′tal shelf′, [Physical Geog.]
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: continental shelf n
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