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subaqueous

/suhb-ey-kwee-uhs, -ak-wee-/US // sʌbˈeɪ kwi əs, -ˈæk wi- //UK // (sʌbˈeɪkwɪəs, -ˈækwɪ-) //

水下,水下的,水下层,水下部分

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : existing or situated under water; underwater.
    • : occurring or performed under water.
    • : used under water.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as indeep

Examples

  • Once, indeed, the raft grounded upon a subaqueous reef, and threatened going to pieces.

  • The shadow of the house had swung over it, and in the gathering dusk the flower-beds glowed with a dim subaqueous radiance.

  • The Loudoun formation, of course, followed a period of erosion of the Catoctin Belt, since it is the first subaqueous deposit.

  • The difficulties in making a subterranean or subaqueous railway are only too clear.

  • It may have ensconced itself among weeds, or it may be burrowing in some subaqueous hole.