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nonsubmersible

/suhb-mur-suh-buhl/US // səbˈmɜr sə bəl //UK // (səbˈmɜːsəbəl) //

非潜航式,非潜水器,非潜水艇,非潜航型

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : capable of being submersed.
    • : capable of functioning while submersed: a submersible pump.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a ship capable of submerging and operating under water; submarine.
    • : a device designed for underwater work or exploration, as a bathyscaphe or diving bell.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • It traveled from China to Stockholm in one piece on a semi-submersible ship, one of only 10 in the world capable of handling such cargo, according to Markus Glaas, a manager at Skanska, a large Swedish construction firm that oversaw the project.

  • The Caladan submersible has no depth limitation, the company said.

  • Traditional deep-sea robots or manned submersibles are heavily reinforced with rigid metal frames so as not to crumple — but these vessels are bulky and cumbersome, and the risk of structural failure remains high.

  • Although fully submersible trimmers exist, they’re pretty tricky to find and ultimately don’t have much practical use.

  • The batteries can support up to four lights, two phones and a plug-in submersible water pump.

  • My ultra-deep submersible would not be required at those levels, that's half of the level it's designed for.

  • Over the past five years, drug cartels have increasingly been shipping cocaine by way of hard-to-detect semi-submersible vessels.

  • First off will be submersible devices—"You can call them swimming machines," he said—deployed to survey the damage.

  • "Most certainly," said the admiral; and, accompanied by his staff, he followed Metcalf aboard the submersible.

  • Under these conditions the submersible commander is more or less forced to a policy of lying ambushed to surprise his enemy.

  • It is easy to understand why the submersible did not take a vital part in any of the major naval actions.

  • Improvement in motive machinery is the vital necessity in the development of the submersible.

  • One of the great problems of the submersible has been to master the difficulties of its control while maintaining a desired depth.