A person who dives under water. spec. One who makes a business of diving in order to collect pearl-oysters, to examine sunken vessels, etc.
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| 释义 | the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > movement in or on water > [noun] > underwater swimming > one who (11) diver1511 A person who dives under water. spec. One who makes a business of diving in order to collect pearl-oysters, to examine sunken vessels, etc. urinator1648 One who dives under water; = diver, n. 1. skin-diver1892 A person who swims underwater without a deep-sea diving suit (originally, one who swims underwater naked). See skin-diving, n. frogman1945 Originally: a diver (esp. a male one) trained to carry out underwater operations for the armed forces, as reconnaissance, demolition, and sabotage… free-diver1951 (originally) a skin-diver; (in later use more usually) a person who takes part in free-diving. aqualunger1952 a user of the aqualung. goggle-diver1953 an underwater dive made by a person wearing goggles; hence as v. intransitive; also goggle-diver, goggle-diving. frogwoman1963 A female frogman (frogman, n. 1). scuba-diver1963 snorkeller1963 saturation diver1966 a diver using the technique of saturation diving. |
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