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单词 bathysphere
释义

bathyspheren.

/ˈbaθɪsfɪə/
Etymology: < Greek βαθύς (bathy- comb. form) + sphere n.
A spherical diving apparatus for deep-sea observation.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > [noun] > submersible vessel
diving-engine1601
diving-bella1684
submarine boat1713
bellc1715
diving-bladder1753
boat1802
diving-boat1802
bell-vessel1816
submarine1828
nautilus1875
submersible1900
bathysphere1930
bathyscaphe1947
mesoscaphe1955
1930 W. 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.
1931 New Statesman 21 Mar. 142/1 They crossed the yellow beam of the search-light from the bathysphere.
1947 Sci. News 5 67Bathyspheres’ —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.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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