| 单词 | aquatic |
| 释义 | aquatic (once / 2806 pages) adjn If it has to do with water, it's aquatic. If you prefer your volleyball net in a pool, it sounds like you're into aquatic sports. The word aquatic comes from the Latin word aqua, which means water. The adjective also describes something that takes place in water. If you are on a swimming or diving team, you can say you are into aquatic sports, which may take place at an aquatic center. If you visit an aquatic garden, you'll see plants that thrive in water like water lilies and lotus flowers. WORD FAMILYaquatic: aquatically, aquatics, semiaquatic, subaquatic USAGE EXAMPLESA thunderclap sounded around the aquatics stadium and echoed across the food court. The Guardian(Dec 27, 2016) Cook swam for his club team, West Coast Aquatic in Texas. Seattle Times(Dec 11, 2016) Officials at Calgary Zoo are perplexed as to how the aquatic birds drowned in the "Penguin Plunge" exhibit and called it "devastating news". BBC(Dec 09, 2016) 1adj operating or living or growing in water boats are aquatic vehicles water lilies are aquatic plants fish are aquatic animals Syn|Ant marine native to or inhabiting the sea semiaquatic, subaquaticpartially aquatic; living or growing partly on land and partly in water subaquatic, subaqueous, submerged, submersed, underwatergrowing or remaining under water terrestrial operating or living or growing on land amphibiousoperating or living on land and in water onshoreon the edge of the land overlandtraveling or passing over land amphibiotic, semiaquatichaving an aquatic early or larval form and a terrestrial adult form 2adj relating to or consisting of or being in water an aquatic environment 3n a plant that lives in or on water Hyper flora, plant, plant life (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion |
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