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单词 submerged
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submergedadj.n.

Brit. /səbˈməːdʒd/, U.S. /səbˈmərdʒd/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: submerge v., -ed suffix1.
Etymology: < submerge v. + -ed suffix1. Compare earlier submersed adj.
A. adj.
1. That is sunk or covered over (as) under water; immersed, inundated.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > condition of being submerged or action of submerging > [adjective]
sunken1578
sunka1584
drowned1616
underwater1627
submersed1684
submerged1697
whelmeda1821
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > [adjective] > causing to plunge or sink in liquid > plunged or sunk in liquid
bedove1513
immersed1678
submerged1697
whelmeda1821
1697 J. Evelyn Numismata iv. 166 The taking up of Treasure, submerged Ordnance and other Wrecks from the bottom of the profoundest Seas.
1764 M. Murray tr. H. L. Duhamel du Monceau Elem. Naval Archit. 82 The pressure of the fluid acting upon all the submerged parts of the solid body.
1799 R. Kirwan Geol. Ess. 81 The crash and ruin of the submerged continent.
1847 G. Grote Hist. Greece III. ii. xi. 197 The history of the vast submerged island of Atlantis.
1882 Daily Tel. 28 Oct. 2/4 The only chance is to fish..on the submerged banks in the eddies for roach.
1914 D. Christie Thirty Years Moukden vi. 50 Besides the submerged villages, a large part of the suburbs of Moukden was under water.
1935 E. Bowen House in Paris ii. ii. 101 Aunt Violet came down to dinner wrapped up in old lace, with a submerged diamond brooch glittering through.
1968 D. O'Grady Bottle of Sandwiches 201 Between a large submerged log and an old-man willow.
2001 Heat 17 Nov. 109/4 The above-water shots of the submerged whale are very effective.
2. Botany. Growing entirely under water.
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1783 tr. C. Linnaeus Syst. Veg. (1785) I. 422 R[anunculus aquatilis] the submerged leaves capillary [L. submersis capillaceis].
1857 A. Henfrey Elem. Course Bot. 61 When they grow wholly under water (submerged leaves).
1884 F. O. Bower & D. H. Scott tr. H. A. de Bary Compar. Anat. Phanerogams & Ferns 56 Hair-structures..under all states of adaptation, even in submerged species.
1922 A. H. Church Introd. Plant Life Oxf. District iv. 39 No aquatic can make good in the water until it has solved the problem of aerating the submerged root-system by which it absorbs its food-salts.
1943 Amer. Midland Naturalist 29 84 Except in the deeper parts most of the bottom of the pond is covered by a jungle of submerged plants.
2006 A. G. van der Valk Biol. Freshwater Wetlands v. 98 The predicted pattern in East Anglia was algae, submerged aquatic communities..and finally terrestrial or dry woodlands.
3. figurative. Hidden, unseen; neglected; oppressed, downtrodden.
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1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. v. iv. 249 Happily, in place of the submerged Twenty-six, the Electoral Club is gathering.
1890 W. Booth In Darkest Eng. i. ii. 22 We have an army of nearly two millions belonging to the submerged classes.
1909 Jrnl. Abnormal Psychol. 4 144 The symbolic expression of a submerged mental complex.
1937 Times Lit. Suppl. 25 Dec. 970/2 This submerged Dickens..comes nearer to raising his head in the Christmas Books.
1941 Harper's Mag. Jan. 176/2 The wants and dreams of the submerged majority would now be projected into..homes, schools, well-fed children, long days of peace.
1972 S. Heaney in Hibernia 3 Nov. 11/2 Both discovered early a way of affiliating an individual talent to a submerged tradition.
2004 Times Lit. Suppl. 4 June 14/2 The short story is designed to describe a submerged people.
4. Nautical. That is operating or used beneath the surface of the sea; esp. of or relating to a submarine operating under water.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [adjective] > under or on top of water (of submarine)
submerged1878
surfaced1940
1878 Nature 10 Oct. 632/1 Of all the accidents to which submerged submarine cables are liable, one would suppose that that by fire would be the very last that would occur.
1888 Proc. U.S. Naval Inst. 14 252 Maximum surface speed, 14⅓ knots; maximum submerged speed, 18 knots.
1914 C. W. Domville-Fife Submarines, Mines & Torpedoes 10 Each of the 1,500 surface warships..carries the means for delivering submarine attacks in its torpedoes and surface and submerged discharging tubes.
1928 C. F. S. Gamble Story N. Sea Air Station 311 Their maximum submerged speed was, for a limited period, as much as 9 knots.
1974 L. Deighton Spy Story xviii. 192 Nuclear subs go faster submerged.
2009 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 17 Feb. a6/1 Requiring NATO nations to advise one another of the whereabouts of submerged submarines.
B. n.
= submerged tenth n. at Compounds; the poorest and most deprived section of society.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > poverty > [noun] > poor person > deprived or underprivileged people
low-paid1739
submerged tenth1890
submerged1897
dispossessed1901
underprivileged1935
wretched of the earth1965
1897 Daily News 31 Mar. 8/3 Those who seek to ameliorate the conditions of the submerged.
1903 Westm. Gaz. 18 Feb. 10/1 A..leader of hosts of submerged from the Egypt of slumdom.
1930 E. S. Hamblen On Minor Prophecies William Blake xx. 196 The submerged are threatening; making their voices heard; creating uncertainty regarding the security of the institutions.
1964 M. Adler in A. E. Millgram Great Jewish Ideas vi. 114 The violator and the submerged are objects of its [sc. the law's] interest and compassion.
2004 M. G. Raskin Liberalism xi. 185 For thousands of years the submerged have believed that there is no other way to live in the world except by being dominated.

Compounds

submerged-arc welding n. Engineering a method of arc welding with a bare metal electrode in which both arc and electrode tip are entirely covered by a loose flux powder fed to the welding area.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > welding > types of
butt welding1878
lead burning1886
arc welding1890
thermite process1905
thermite welding1906
resistance welding1908
spot welding1908
seam welding1917
fusion welding1918
projection welding1918
stud welding1918
metal arc welding1926
pressure welding1926
metallic arc welding1927
flash-butt welding1933
flash welding1933
stitch welding1934
rightward welding1936
block welding1943
submerged-arc welding1945
friction welding1946
T.I.G.1960
microwelding1962
1945 Industry & Welding Apr. 78 (heading) Submerged arc welding steps up production of invasion boat assemblies.
1970 Times 18 Nov. p. iv Automatic welding processes include submerged arc welding.
2005 APT Bull. 36 36/1 For shop welding use SAW (submerged-arc welding) where applicable.
submerged tenth n. the ten per cent of any population which is (regarded as living) permanently in poverty and misery; the underclass; cf. upper ten n..The term submerged tenth was coined by William Booth, the founder of the Salvation Army, in 1890.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > poverty > [noun] > poor person > deprived or underprivileged people
low-paid1739
submerged tenth1890
submerged1897
dispossessed1901
underprivileged1935
wretched of the earth1965
1890 W. Booth In Darkest Eng. i. ii. 23 This Submerged Tenth—is it, then, beyond the reach of the nine-tenths in the midst of whom they live?
1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 1 Oct. 750/3 The submerged tenth, the hairy apes of society.
2009 G. Dorrien Social Ethics in Making iii. 171 A city missionary offered to acquaint Addams with the ‘submerged tenth’ of London.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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