submersible
submersible — 形容詞
1. designed or built to work or travel underwater without being damaged by water pr
可潛水
可在水下使用或運作的
designed or built to work or travel underwater without being damaged by water pressure
A submersible camera filmed the fish swimming near the ocean floor.
一台潛水用攝影機拍下了魚群在海底附近游動的畫面。
attributive use: submersible + equipment noun
The crew tested the submersible lights before the night dive began.
船員在夜間潛水開始前測試了水下燈具。
Submersible drones help engineers inspect cracks in underwater bridge supports.
潛水無人機幫助工程師檢查水下橋墩的裂縫。
Yasmin used a submersible pump to remove water from the flooded engine room.
Yasmin 用一台潛水泵把淹水的引擎室抽乾。
- underwater
broader and less technical — an underwater camera may or may not be pressure-rated
- waterproof
not equivalent — waterproof only prevents water entry; submersible implies active function at depth
用法筆記
Typically used attributively before a noun (submersible camera, submersible vehicle). Differs from waterproof in that a submersible item is engineered for prolonged or deep underwater operation.
submersible — 名詞
1. a compact water vehicle used for work beneath the surface, often operated by rem
潛水器
可在水下航行的小型載具
a compact water vehicle used for work beneath the surface, often operated by remote control without a crew on board
The research vessel deployed a submersible to collect rock samples from the deep-sea trench.
研究船投放了一台潛水器，從深海海溝採集岩石樣本。
collocation: deploy a submersible
Élise piloted the submersible from a control station on the support ship.
Élise 在支援船上的控制站操作這台潛水器。
Unlike a submarine, a submersible cannot launch and recover on its own.
與潛水艇不同，潛水器無法自行下水與回收。
Minh and William watched the submersible search the murky depths for the lost anchor.
Minh 和 William 看著潛水器在昏暗的深海搜尋遺失的船錨。
- ROV
specific type — remotely operated vehicle, always uncrewed
- underwater drone
less formal term for a small uncrewed submersible
- bathyscaphe
a deep-sea submersible with a crew cabin, less common in everyday use
用法筆記
A submersible is usually smaller than a submarine and requires a mother ship for deployment. Modern submersibles are often uncrewed and operated via a cable (ROV).