| 词汇 | dead-sea |
| 释义 | the Dead Sea noun uk /ˌded ˈsiː/ us /ˌded ˈsiː/ a sea in Western Asia between Jordan, Israel, and the Palestinian West Bank territory: The Dead Sea's salty waters now recede by more than a metre per year as a result of agricultural diversions in the Jordan River. The seeds were collected in the Judean Desert between Jericho and the north shore of the Dead Sea. Hussein was startled when, during one of his first meetings with President Reagan in November 1981, the latter asked him how the fishing was in the Dead Sea (the water of which is so saline that virtually nothing can live in it, hence the name "Dead"). With potash from the Dead Sea, Jordan's second major mineral export, pricing is a problem. Despite every impression given to the contrary, the Dead Sea Scrolls tell us virtually nothing about Jesus. Seas & oceans abyssal Aegean bathypelagic briny Caribbean continental shelf depth interocean interoceanic marine mid-ocean ridge ocean overfall pond the Adriatic Sea the Arabian Sea the Baltic Sea the doldrums the Irish Sea the seabed |
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