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hydrophone

/hahy-druh-fohn/US // ˈhaɪ drəˌfoʊn //UK // (ˈhaɪdrəˌfəʊn) //

水听器,水声,水力发电,水力发电站

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a device for locating sources of sound under water, as for detecting submarines by the noise of their engines.
    • : an instrument employing the principles of the microphone, used to detect the flow of water through a pipe.
    • : Medicine/Medical. an instrument used in auscultation, whereby sounds are intensified through a column of water.

Examples

  • That’s because hydrophones can distinguish two or three unique songs, but anything more starts to become indiscernible.

  • During the summer, the songs picked up by the hydrophone took place mostly at night.

  • The exasperated "C 6" pursued by hydrophone for another quarter of an hour, but the sound of the enemy's motors was then lost.

  • The Adriatic Sea was an ideal place for the use of the hydrophone.

  • The development of the hydrophone for anti-submarine work, both from ships and from shore stations.

  • This station produced the Mark II directional hydrophone of which large numbers were ordered in 1917 for use in patrol craft.

  • The alliance between the hydrophone and the depth charge is a natural one.