continental shelf

英 [ˌkɒntɪˌnentəl ˈʃelf]

美 [ˌkɑːntɪˌnentəl ˈʃelf]

n.  大陆架

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牛津词典

noun

• 大陆架
  the area of land on the edge of a continent that slopes into the ocean

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 大陆架
  The continental shelfis the area which forms the edge of a continent, ending in a steep slope to the depths of the ocean.
  1. ...the deep water off the Continental Shelf.
     远离大陆架的深水水域

英英释义

noun

• the relatively shallow (up to 200 meters) seabed surrounding a continent

双语例句

• How do people define the continental shelf?
  人们怎么确定陆架的范围的？
• The water above the continental shelf is moved by the tides and by estuarine currents.
  潮流和河口流使大陆架上的海水流动。
• Most of the Arctic is continental shelf, so most of it will eventually be allotted to one of the five neighbours ( Iceland also has a small claim within the Arctic Circle).
  北极大部分的大陆架，因此大多数最终将被分配给一个五个邻国（冰岛也有一个小索赔北极圈）。
• Topographically, we may consider the coastal plain to be a terrestrial analog of the continental shelf.
  从地形角度讲我们可以把沿岸平原看成是大陆架在陆上的类似构造。
• Mineral characteristics and mineral chemistry are studied by the microscope, XRD and microprobe analysis for basalt samples from the northern margin of the continental shelf in the East China Sea.
  对东海陆架边缘北部一个站位的玄武岩进行了镜下观测、XRD定量分析和电子探针分析。
• Lithologic and magnetic characteristics and origin of shallow bore sediments on outer continental shelf of East China Sea
  东海外陆架浅孔沉积物的岩性和磁性特征及成因讨论
• This scientific and research project is to analyze the geological structure of the continental shelf.
  这个科研项目的内容是分析陆架的地质结构。
• Study of Internal Wave and Mixing on the Continental Shelf and Slope of the Northern South China Sea;
  南海北部陆架陆坡区内波与混合研究欧亚大陆北部的狼獾。
• The Study on the Equitable Principle in the Continental Shelf Delimitation;
  以此为基础，划界应适用并体现公平原则。
• The part of a continent under the ocean is called a continental shelf.
  大陆的海底部分叫做大陆架。