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词汇 waterline
释义 waterline
noun[ S ]
 sailing specializeduk /ˈwɔː.tə.laɪn/ us /ˈwɑː.t̬ɚ.laɪn/

waterlinenoun[S] (LEVEL)


 the waterline
the level that the water reaches on the side of a ship: (船的)水线,吃水线
The ship had to be repaired below the waterline.这艘船必须在吃水线以下进行修理。
 
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the level that the water in a sea, river, lake, etc. reaches on the land: 水线,水位
They plant tall grasses at the waterline.他们在水线处种植高大的水草。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Parts of ships & boats
abaft
bilge water
boathook
boiler room
bowline
cleat
escape hatch
keel
paddle
periscope
propeller
prow
rigging
spar
sprit
steerage
stem
strop
sun deck
superstructure

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waterlinenoun[S] (SUPPLY)


US
a water supply or a pipe carrying water: 供水系统;输水管道
Construction of a waterline for the new school has ruined part of a prehistoric site. 新学校的输水管道的建设破坏了一处史前遗址的一部分。
They ran a waterline from the lake.他们从湖里铺设出一条送水管道。

Idiom


holed below the waterline

Examples of waterline


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An interdisciplinary approach to management of biofilm in dental unit waterlines.
New waterlines were installed to replace aging pipes.
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As a result of damages to waterlines from falling debris, flooding and contaminated drinking water were reported in some villages with pipes openly leaking.
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Designs have run the gamut from wide skiffs without wings, to lightweight scows, to wedge-shaped hulls characterized with narrow waterlines and hiking wings out to the maximum permitted beam.
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Even if we cut them down to the waterline, they would still not be suitable.
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Their argument is holed below the waterline by the fact that it has caused no harm in the past.
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The coverage of these controls would extend to all anti-fouling paints applied to vessels and structures below the waterline.
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Speeches today have been larded with references to fragile ships, fair winds, safe passages and even holing below the waterline.
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A concept already considered by many to be less than perfect is now seriously undermined—holed below the waterline.
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Multilateralism and consensus appeared to be holed below the waterline in this new world of conviction diplomacy.
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They are unsafe only if a large volume of water enters them on the car deck, and this should be normally well above the waterline.
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Quite frankly, in this day and age, with farmers struggling to keep their heads above the financial waterline, £1,700 on an 800 acre farm is an awful lot of money.
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Exhaust was not expelled through a funnel, like most ships, but through vents below the waterline.
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The ship was protected by a waterline armored belt that was 60 mm thick amidships.
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The ships are long at the waterline, and long overall, with a beam of, and a full load draught of.
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