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单词 scuba
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Definition of scuba in English:

scuba

noun ˈskjuːbəˈskuːbəˈskubə
  • 1An aqualung.

    水下呼吸器,水肺

    Example sentencesExamples
    • You fill it from a scuba tank, and then shoot dozens or even hundreds of shots before refilling with air.
    • Breathing the very cold air from an open-circuit scuba system can chill the inner core of the body; after all, the lungs are a major area of blood supply.
    • Shooters can fill the compressed air tank from either a standard scuba tank or from a high-pressure hand pump.
    • It's not hard to make a normal scuba tank last for an hour very near the surface.
    • My slowpoke trawler, the Sea Cow, was equipped with a portable scuba compressor.
    • This trick, a woman is locked in a cage, no scuba - no scuba gear, basically holding her breath.
    • Some are large, but many are little more than a boat, a few lines of oysters, a scuba tank, a shed, and a determined pearl farmer and his family.
    • Try-dives are organised to give anyone interested a taste of breathing underwater using a scuba unit in a safe, controlled environment.
    1. 1.1mass noun Scuba diving.
      带水肺潜水
      I want to do some scuba
      as modifier scuba gear
      Example sentencesExamples
      • When did they change the scuba rules to say that you have to be under-age and malnourished?
      • We recommend Louise takes the option which includes scuba gear and oxygen rental, so she won't need to bring her own equipment.
      • Several scuba certifying agencies offer training for divers, from beginners to experts.
      • Our art class prepares for the dive by making cardboard scuba gear.
      • My scuba trips to the nearby islands of Angra dos Reis were cancelled daily.
      • For my last dive in North Cyprus I abandoned scuba gear to snorkel in shallow water without disturbing the feeding green turtles.
      • To satisfy his thirst he joined a scuba club and proposed that the club find shipwrecks.
      • Ben Stiller is a neurotic risk analyser, Reuben Feffer, whose wife runs away with a hunk of a scuba instructor on their honeymoon.
      • Mark is a scuba instructor I know who lives on Grand Cayman Island in the Caribbean.
      • Much like after watching Open Water, you won't buy a Caribbean scuba trip anytime soon.

Origin

1950s: acronym from self-contained underwater breathing apparatus.

Rhymes

Aruba, Cuba, Nuba, tuba, tuber

Definition of scuba in US English:

scuba

nounˈsko͞obəˈskubə
  • 1An aqualung.

    水下呼吸器,水肺

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It's not hard to make a normal scuba tank last for an hour very near the surface.
    • My slowpoke trawler, the Sea Cow, was equipped with a portable scuba compressor.
    • This trick, a woman is locked in a cage, no scuba - no scuba gear, basically holding her breath.
    • Shooters can fill the compressed air tank from either a standard scuba tank or from a high-pressure hand pump.
    • You fill it from a scuba tank, and then shoot dozens or even hundreds of shots before refilling with air.
    • Breathing the very cold air from an open-circuit scuba system can chill the inner core of the body; after all, the lungs are a major area of blood supply.
    • Try-dives are organised to give anyone interested a taste of breathing underwater using a scuba unit in a safe, controlled environment.
    • Some are large, but many are little more than a boat, a few lines of oysters, a scuba tank, a shed, and a determined pearl farmer and his family.
    1. 1.1 Scuba diving.
      带水肺潜水
      I want to do some scuba
      as modifier scuba gear
      Example sentencesExamples
      • My scuba trips to the nearby islands of Angra dos Reis were cancelled daily.
      • Much like after watching Open Water, you won't buy a Caribbean scuba trip anytime soon.
      • We recommend Louise takes the option which includes scuba gear and oxygen rental, so she won't need to bring her own equipment.
      • Mark is a scuba instructor I know who lives on Grand Cayman Island in the Caribbean.
      • When did they change the scuba rules to say that you have to be under-age and malnourished?
      • For my last dive in North Cyprus I abandoned scuba gear to snorkel in shallow water without disturbing the feeding green turtles.
      • Ben Stiller is a neurotic risk analyser, Reuben Feffer, whose wife runs away with a hunk of a scuba instructor on their honeymoon.
      • Several scuba certifying agencies offer training for divers, from beginners to experts.
      • To satisfy his thirst he joined a scuba club and proposed that the club find shipwrecks.
      • Our art class prepares for the dive by making cardboard scuba gear.

Origin

1950s: acronym from self-contained underwater breathing apparatus.

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