submersion
/səbˈmɜːʃn/ (bre, ipa) · [səbmˈɚʒən] /səbˈmɜːrʒn/ (ame, ipa) · [səbmˈɚʒən] /səbˈmər|zhən How to pronounce submersion (audio) -mə̄|, -məi|, |sh-/ (ame, mw)
submersion — 名詞
1. The condition of being fully underneath a liquid, or the action of putting somet
浸沒
完全沒入液體中的狀態或動作
The condition of being fully underneath a liquid, or the action of putting something completely under the surface so that every part of it is covered.
The submarine's emergency submersion took less than twenty seconds.
這艘潛水艇的緊急浸沒過程花了不到二十秒。
collocation: emergency submersion (unplanned rapid dive)
Doctors warned that prolonged submersion in cold water can cause severe hypothermia.
醫生警告說，長時間浸沒在冷水中可能導致嚴重的體溫過低。
collocation: prolonged submersion in [liquid]
Otis prepared for a thirty-minute submersion near the coral reef to study marine life.
Otis 準備在珊瑚礁附近進行三十分鐘的浸沒，以研究海洋生物。
A fishing boat sank in the storm, and the crew escaped before its complete submersion.
一艘漁船在暴風雨中沉沒，船員在船隻完全浸沒前及時逃離。
The biologist measured how submersion affected the leaves of river plants over several weeks.
這位生物學家測量了浸沒如何影響河邊植物的葉片，持續觀察數週。
- immersion
more common for both literal and figurative uses; 'submersion' is more formal and technical
- submergence
essentially synonymous but even less frequent in everyday English
- emergence
the act of coming up out of a liquid
用法筆記
Almost always literal (physical). For figurative meanings such as being deeply involved in a culture or activity, use 'immersion' instead.