中英互译
continental shelf
英 /ˌkɒntɪˌnentəl ˈʃelf/
基本释义
- 大陆架:一个宽度不等的浅海平原,形成了大陆的边界,并通常以相对陡峭的斜坡结束,连接到深海底部。
双语例句
- Lowered sea levels exposed the shallow continental shelf beneath the Bering Sea.下降了的海平面使白令海底的浅大陆架露了出来。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
- The frequency of whale fish theft in the Bering Sea's continental shelf is increasing.白令海大陆架上的鲸鱼盗窃案发生得越来越频繁。
- Research now indicates that sizable areas of southeastern Alaska along the inner continental shelf were not covered by ice toward the end of the last Ice Age.现在的研究表明,在最后一次冰河时期的尾声阶段,阿拉斯加东南部沿岸的内大陆架的相当大的区域并未被冰覆盖。
网络短语
- outer continental shelf外大陆架;大陆架外缘;外陆棚
- the continental shelf大陆架
- continental-shelf act大陆架法
- inner continental shelf内陆架;大陆架内侧;大陆棚内半部
- continental shelf facies陆棚相
词义分布
大陆架
94%
陆架
6%
英英释义
- n.the relatively shallow (up to 200 meters) seabed surrounding a continent