| 释义 |
bathysphere|ˈbæθɪsfɪə(r)|
[f. Gr. βαθύ-ς (bathy-) + sphere.]
A spherical diving apparatus for deep-sea observation.
1930W. Beebe in Bull. N.Y. Zool. Soc. XXXIII. 203/1 When I was writing the name of a deep-sea fish—Bathytroctes—the appropriateness of the Greek prefix occurred to me: I coined the word Bathysphere, and the name has stuck. 1931New Statesman 21 Mar. 142/1 They crossed the yellow beam of the search-light from the bathysphere. 1947Sci. News V. 67 ‘Bathyspheres’ —closed diving chambers maintained at normal atmospheric pressure—..are provided with a tripod-type base to give stability, and the job of the occupant is to chart the variation in the strength of gravity, when he is moved from one position to another over the sea bed. |