pelagic
英 [pɪ'lædʒɪk]美[pə'lædʒɪk]
- adj. 浮游的;远洋的,深海的
助记提示
1、pelag- + -ic.
中文词源
pelagic 远海的,远洋的
来自希腊语pelagos,海,公海,来自PIE*pelag,展开,来自PIE*pele,展开,词源同plan,plain.引申词义远海的,远洋的。
英文词源
- pelagic (adj.)
- "pertaining to the sea," 1650s, from Latin pelagicus, from Greek pelagikos, from pelagos "sea, high sea, open sea, main," from PIE *pelag- "to spread out" (source of Greek plagos "side," Latin plaga "hunting net, curtain, region"), possibly from root *plak- (1) "to spread out, be flat" (see placenta).
双语例句
- 1. What is the range of the pelagic environment?
- 水层环境的范围是什么?
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- 2. What is the origin of pelagic oozes?
- 远洋软泥的来源是什么?
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- 3. Plankton and nekton are pelagic organisms.
- 浮游生物和自游生物都是海面的生物.
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- 4. Pelagic sediment contains tiny grain of material.
- 远洋沉积物包含了微细物质颗粒.
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- 5. In some areas even aragonitic shells of the pelagic molluscs pteropods coat the sea floor.
- 在有些地区,甚至深海软体动物翼足类的文石贝壳可铺满海底.
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