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aquatic

/uh-kwat-ik, uh-kwot-/US // əˈkwæt ɪk, əˈkwɒt- //UK // (əˈkwætɪk, əˈkwɒt-) //

水生,水生的,水上,水产

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of, in, or pertaining to water.
    • : living or growing in water: aquatic plant life.
    • : taking place or practiced on or in water: aquatic sports.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an aquatic plant or animal.
    • : aquatics, sports practiced on or in water.

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Examples

  • Chlorine from the salt can inhibit fish from spawning and reduce dissolved oxygen levels in the water, which harms fish and other aquatic life.

  • The aquatic blues of two Williams pictures that hang near “Wave Relief” complement its darker shades.

  • To monitor aquatic animals and their underwater world, Deng often uses networks of such beacons.

  • These cells detect chemicals produced by many aquatic animals, explains Nicholas Bellono.

  • The photos depict nature, mostly in the form of aquatic birds, accommodating itself to AlexRenew’s water-treatment lagoons and the outfall pipes where effluent can enter the river.

  • Hippopotamuses eat aquatic vegetation, like water hyacinths—loads of it, Irwin learned.

  • Description: A “swamp cabbage” is a semi-aquatic tropical plant.

  • Swimmers now enjoy its 12,000-square-meter aquatic theme park.

  • Paper presented at the 2008 World Aquatic Conference in Colorado Springs, Colo. 12.

  • They said that in any case the incident only highlights their worry that the Gulf is an aquatic tinderbox.

  • The ponds were half covered with the white water-lily, and some other aquatic plants of the country.

  • Then happened one of those aquatic incidents which lend an atmosphere all their own to amphibious war.

  • At the foot of the hill lay a deep morass, covered with the nelumbo and other aquatic plants.

  • The first aquatic creatures were succeeded by the amphibia, the reptiles.

  • A little more complicated than that of the fish, this method is probably older, and seems possible only for aquatic animals.