单词 | drift-bottle |
释义 | > as lemmasdrift-bottle drift-bottle n. a bottle used for the charting of ocean-currents. ΚΠ 1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. Drift-bottle. 1912 J. Murray & J. Hjort Depths of Ocean v. 261 In order to study the currents, drift-bottles have..been used, in which are enclosed slips of paper with directions to the finder. 1912 J. Murray & J. Hjort Depths of Ocean v. 262 (caption) Results of Dr. Fulton's drift-bottle experiments in the North Sea. 1966 McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. (rev. ed.) IX. 252/1 Even slow surface currents have been observed and measured by the drift of debris or drift bottles. < as lemmas |
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