abyssal zone
abyssal zone — 名詞
1. The deepest layer of the ocean, starting at around 4,000 metres below the surfac
深淵帶
海洋最深層，無陽光且水壓極高
The deepest layer of the ocean, starting at around 4,000 metres below the surface, where no sunlight reaches and the water pressure is extremely high. Only specially adapted animals live there, since plants cannot grow without light.
The research team used a submarine to explore the abyssal zone near the Mariana Trench.
研究團隊使用特製潛水艇探索馬里亞納海溝附近的深淵帶。
Most fish in the abyssal zone have soft bodies because the pressure crushes skeletons.
深淵帶裡的大多數魚類身體柔軟，因為水壓會壓碎骨骼。
describes physical adaptation to high pressure
Jisoo's science report showed how creatures in the abyssal zone make their own light.
Jisoo 的自然課報告說明了深淵帶的生物如何自行發光。
Scientists know less about the abyssal zone than the Moon's surface.
科學家對深淵帶的了解還不如對月球表面。
Deep-sea mining may harm the abyssal zone's ecosystem before we understand it.
深海採礦可能在我們了解之前就破壞深淵帶的生態系統。
- deep sea
broader term; refers to all ocean layers below about 200 metres, not just the 4,000–6,000 metre band
- abyssopelagic zone
strict scientific synonym for the same depth range, used mainly in marine biology texts
- sunlit zone
the top layer of the ocean where sunlight reaches and plants can grow
文法句型
the + abyssal zone
用法筆記
Always used with the definite article 'the'. The term refers specifically to the ocean layer between roughly 4,000 and 6,000 metres below the surface, not to any deep dark area of water.