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scuba
🇺🇸 /skˈubʌ/
scuba主要指潜水员在水下使用的自携式水肺装备,也可作动词,表示进行水肺潜水。
💡 记忆钩子
把它想成“背在身上的水下呼吸系统”:名词是这套装置,动词则是带着它下水潜水;scuba通常写作小写,首字母大写只是另一种写法。
📝 学习建议
- 先记名词“水肺装备”,再理解动词“进行水肺潜水”;不要把scuba误解成某一种普通潜水服。
- scuba本身不是“潜水”这一活动的泛称,而是与自携式呼吸装备有关的潜水。
📖 中文释义
noun
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core 水肺装备📖 scuba是潜水员背在身上、把压缩空气带到水下并调节供气的整套呼吸装备;记住“水下呼吸系统”这个核心形象即可。💡 常见结构是“a scuba”较少单独使用,更自然的是“scuba gear”“scuba equipment”或“a scuba tank”。在日常潜水语境中,scuba可泛指这套装备,但不要把它和只装空气的气瓶混为一谈。She checked her scuba gear before entering the water.她下水前检查了自己的水肺装备。The dive shop rents scuba equipment to beginners.这家潜水店向初学者出租水肺装备。
scubas
plural
noun
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common 同义大小写变体📖 这是scuba的另一种字母大小写形式,仍然指同一套水肺装备,不代表新的事物。💡 按普通英语词使用时通常采用小写形式,除非句首、标题或特定名称要求大写。不要因为大小写变化而把它当成不同词义。alt-ofThe brochure explains how to use SCUBA equipment safely.这本宣传册说明了如何安全使用水肺装备。
SCUBAs
plural
verb
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rare 进行水肺潜水📖 作动词时,scuba表示带着这套水肺装备下水潜水;这是从“水下呼吸系统”这一核心意义延伸出来的少见用法。💡 可用“scuba in/around地点”表示在哪里进行水肺潜水,但更自然、常见的说法是“go scuba diving”。正式或普通交流中优先使用后者,避免生硬地把scuba当作普通动词。rare
scubas
present,singular,third-person
scubaing
participle,present
scubaed
participle,past
scubaed
past
📘 英文释义 (WordNet)
共 1 组
a device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water; scuba is an acronym for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus
同义词集:
aqualung
aqua-lung
scuba
上位: breathing apparatus, breathing device, breathing machine, ventilator
🌳 词源
源自英语缩略语,原意是“自携式水下呼吸器”;如今通常直接当作普通词使用。
Proto-Indo-European *swé?
Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der.
Proto-Germanic *selbaz
Old English self
Old English self-
Middle English self-
English self-
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-
Proto-Indo-European *ten-
Proto-Indo-European *tn̥-eh₁-(ye)-tider.
Proto-Italic *tenēō
Latin teneō
Latin contineōder.
Latin continērelbor.
Old French contenirbor.
English contain
Old English -ed
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos
Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz
Old English -od
Middle English -ed
English -ed
English contained
English self-contained
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér
Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí
Proto-Indo-European *-ér
Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér
Proto-Germanic *under
Proto-West Germanic *undar
Old English under-
Middle English under-
English under-
Proto-Indo-European *wed-
Proto-Indo-European *-r̥
Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥
Proto-Germanic *watōr
Proto-West Germanic *watar
Old English wæter
Middle English water
English water
English underwater
Middle English breethder.
Middle English brethen
English breathe
Proto-Germanic *-ungō
Old English -ung
Middle English -ynge
English -ing
English breathing
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Proto-Italic *ad-
Latin ad-
Proto-Indo-European *perh₃-
Proto-Indo-European *pr̥h₃o-
Latin *paro-
▲
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.
Proto-Italic *-ājō
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin parō
Latin apparō
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Italic *-tus
Latin -tus
Latin apparātuslbor.
English apparatus
English SCUBA
English scuba
From SCUBA, acronym of self-contained underwater breathing apparatus; now usually viewed as anacronymic.
🔄 变式
scubaed
past
scubaing
present
SCUBAs
plural
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