snorkel
snorkel — 名詞
1. a curved plastic tube that rises above the water's surface so a person swimming
呼吸管
潛水者使用的呼吸裝置
a curved plastic tube that rises above the water's surface so a person swimming face down can keep breathing
Olivia put her snorkel into her mouth before lowering her face into the sea.
Olivia 把呼吸管放入口中，然後把臉浸入海水裡。
Bao's snorkel kept fogging up, so he cleaned it with a little soap.
Bao 的呼吸管一直起霧，所以他用一點肥皂把它洗乾淨。
partitive genitive: person's + snorkel; collocation: fog up
Eitan breathed slowly through his snorkel as he floated face down above the coral.
Eitan 透過呼吸管緩慢呼吸，臉朝下漂浮在珊瑚上方。
Sivan saw a bright yellow snorkel floating on the surface of the pool.
Sivan 看到一支鮮黃色的呼吸管漂浮在游泳池水面上。
A snorkel has a curved tube above the water so the swimmer can keep breathing.
呼吸管有一根彎曲的管子升到水面以上，讓游泳者可以呼吸。
- breathing tube
general term for any tube used for breathing underwater, not specific to swimming
- snorkel tube
emphasises the equipment piece; sometimes used in product descriptions
用法筆記
Often bought as part of a set with a mask and fins. The British spelling for the related activity is snorkelling; the American spelling is snorkeling.
常見錯誤
snorkel — 動詞
1. to swim while floating at the surface and using a snorkel to breathe
浮潛
使用呼吸管在水面游泳
to swim while floating at the surface and using a snorkel to breathe
Mert snorkelled along the coral reef and spotted a sea turtle.
Mert 沿著珊瑚礁浮潛，發現了一隻海龜。
snorkelled + [place]; BE spelling: snorkelled
The instructor showed Nkechi where to snorkel safely near the beach.
教練告訴 Nkechi 哪些地方可以在海灘附近安全浮潛。
Ignacio loves to snorkel whenever his family goes to the coast in summer.
Ignacio 很喜歡浮潛，每次家人夏天去海邊他都會浮潛。
We plan to snorkel at the marine park early tomorrow morning.
我們計劃明天一早去海洋公園浮潛。
- snorkel-dive
less common; implies brief underwater dives between surface breathing
文法句型
snorkel + [prepositional phrase]
go + snorkelling
用法筆記
British spelling doubles the l (snorkelled, snorkelling). American spelling uses one l (snorkeled, snorkeling). The activity noun is snorkelling or snorkeling.