Word · Frequency #28410
submersibles
潜水器；可潜装置
submersibles is the plural of submersible.
a vessel or device designed to operate underwater
- 1.
An underwater vehicle with limited mobility, similar to a submarine, but less mobile.
一种机动性有限的水下交通工具,类似潜艇但机动性较差。
- 2.
an apparatus intended for use under water
用于水下的装置
- 3.
a warship designed to operate under water
设计用于水下操作的军舰
一种机动性有限的水下交通工具,类似潜艇但机动性较差。；用于水下的装置；设计用于水下操作的军舰；能沉入水中的；能潜水的
In use
The research team sent a small submersible to explore the shipwreck.
Submersibles can reach depths that divers cannot.
They used a remote-controlled submersible to take photos of the seabed.
be submersible
形容词作表语，说明某物能浸入水中。
This camera is submersible to 30 meters.
这款相机可浸入至30米深处。
submersible + noun
形容词作定语，常修饰 pump、vehicle 等名词。
They lowered a submersible pump into the well.
他们把潜水泵放入井中。
a/the submersible + verb
名词用法，指可潜入水中的装置，复数形式为 submersibles。
Connections
Collocations
- manned submersible
- 载人潜水器
- The manned submersible is used for underwater research and rescue.载人潜水器用于水下研究和救援。
- unmanned submersible
- 无人潜水器
- The unmanned submersible can operate in waters too dangerous for divers.无人潜水器可以在对潜水员来说过于危险的水域作业。
- deep-sea submersible
- 深海潜水器
- Scientists piloted a deep-sea submersible to study creatures near the ocean floor.科学家们驾驶深海潜水器研究海底附近的生物。
- research submersible
- 科研潜水器
- The research submersible collected samples from a depth of 3,000 meters.这艘科研潜水器在3000米深处采集了样本。
- submersible pump
- 潜水泵
- They lowered a submersible pump into the well to lift water to the surface.他们把一台潜水泵放入井中，将水抽到地面。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想 sub-（下方）+ mers（沉入）：能沉到水下工作的装置，就是 submersible“潜水器”。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：deep-sea exploration、marine research、offshore engineering 这类小型潜水器通常见于深海勘探、海洋科研或水下作业等正式/技术场合；日常口语中较少用，比较常见的是说 submarine 或 underwater vehicle。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Genuine sound match: submerge /səbˈmɝdʒ/ shares the stressed syllable /səbˈmɝ/ with submersible /səbˈmɝsɪbəl/. The -ible words (visible, possible, responsible, permissible) are spelling lookalikes ending in -ible, but their stress falls on different syllables, so they don't rhyme with submersible. Submarine is a false friend: it begins with sub- but is pronounced /ˌsʌbməˈriːn/, with the stress on -rine.
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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