snorkel

pronunciation

UK [ˈsnɔːkl]word uk audio image

US [ˈsnɔːrkl] word us audio image

  • n.
    (潜水者使用的)通气管,水下呼吸管
  • vi.
    用通气管潜泳

Word Origin

snorkel 通风井,通风管道,浮潜装备,浮潜

来自德国海军俚语 Schnorchel,潜水艇通风井,字面意思即鼻子,鼻孔,词源同 snore,打呼噜。 -el,小词后缀。因潜水艇通风井从外观和喷气的声音都与鼻孔有所类似而得名。后用于指浮 潜装备,浮潜运动,拼写也俗化为英式拼写 snorkel.

Example

1. Did you put on a snorkel before you dove ?
你潜水前有没有戴上通气管?
2. Let 's snorkel and swim .
让我们一起潜水和游泳吧。
3. His decompression is as extreme : a 45-acre private bahamian island , where he can snorkel among the barracuda .
他的解压方式同样极端:一个45英亩的私人巴哈马岛屿,在那里他可以潜泳在梭鱼中。
4. With a snorkel , however , a diver can stay under water for quite a long time .
可是,潜水员携带一根通气管就可以在水下呆很长时间。
5. Paul locked his legs under the lip of the ice so he could remain motionless , breathing through a snorkel so as not to spook the penguins when they arrived .
他把腿固定在冰盖下,靠通气管呼吸,以便保持静止,不惊吓到回归的企鹅。

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