| 单词 | sea-mount |
| 释义 | > as lemmassea-mount sea-mount n. a large natural elevation rising abruptly from the ocean floor, usually entirely underwater; an underwater mountain. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > region of sea or ocean > [noun] > undersea mountains sea-mountain1694 sea-mount1941 guyot1946 tablemount1952 1941 Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer. 52 338 A number of remarkable submarine mountains, termed ‘seamount’ by the United States Board on Geographic Names, rise sharply to heights of 1 to more than 2 miles above the gulf floor. 1959 New Scientist 1 Jan. 14/1 The few Pacific seamounts whose summits do form islands are mostly coral atolls. 1962 New Scientist 12 Apr. 11/2 The deep flat-topped sea-mounts or guyots which are such a typical feature of the Pacific. 1977 Dædalus Summer 118 Both noticed that the magnetic field over some seamounts could be explained only if the seamount was reversely magnetized. < as lemmas |
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