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deep water

/deep-waw-ter, -wot-er/US // ˈdipˈwɔ tər, -ˈwɒt ər //

深水,深层水,深水区,深水

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : having, requiring, or operating in deep water: deepwater shipping; deepwater drilling for oil.

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Examples

  • BP—No surprise here, but the energy company behind the Deepwater Horizon oil spill gets no love on the Internet.

  • And he had broken ground on Porto Açu, a massive deepwater port meant to break the logjam of Brazilian shipping.

  • These devoted investigators are returning to Nikumaroro next month with deepwater search equipment.

  • Once the seal was set, the Deepwater Horizon floating rig would move on.

  • At the top is the federal response to the Deepwater Horizon drilling disaster and the subsequent oil spill.

  • To borrow the lines of these fleet and graceful models and apply them to the design of a deepwater ship was a bold conception.

  • Deepwater shipping dwindled and died, but the increase in coastwise sailing was consistent.

  • That wind-blown voice of his, with its deepwater melodiousness, had dropped to a whisper.

  • Mrs. 'Arvey, and the Drews, an' us, and there isn't another cottage to be had anywhere in Deepwater.

  • We've got these people: We'll have them out of Deepwater in six months.