dead water

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The eddying water under a slow-moving ship's counter, or a similar area of stationary fluid or gas in advance of a concave angle, which can occur when there is strong vertical density stratification (due to salinity or temperature or both), and can cause ships to become hard to control. countable,uncountable
    — A "deadwater," that is a region occupied by stationary fluid or by gas at suitable pressure, ahead of a concave angle was shown to be possible by Villat.
  2. A region in a body of moving water (or similar body of fluid in motion) where the water (fluid) is relatively stationary, or stagnant. countable,uncountable
    — Some of our party went down the deadwater for a short distance in it and came back with three black ducks and one golden eye.

词形变化

dead waters plural deadwater alternative
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