核心畫面
Think of a body going head-first into water. That single picture splits two ways: you can go in and come straight back up — that is the jump off the board — or you can go in and stay down there with air on your back. Both are called diving; the context tells you which.
可以想成「頭朝下進入水裡」這個動作。同一個畫面往兩個方向長：一種是進去了馬上浮上來——從跳板一躍而下，講究姿勢和入水…更多收起
可以想成「頭朝下進入水裡」這個動作。同一個畫面往兩個方向長：一種是進去了馬上浮上來——從跳板一躍而下，講究姿勢和入水；另一種是進去了就待在下面——背著氧氣瓶在水裡待上半小時看魚看珊瑚。英文兩個都叫 diving，靠上下文分辨。中文反而分得很清楚：一個是跳水，一個是潛水。原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
divingnoun/ˈdaɪ.vɪŋ/
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The action of the verb to dive in any sense.
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The sport of jumping into water, often acrobatically.
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Descending below the surface of the water to interact with the environment.
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ball-gamesgameshobbiesThe act of pretending to be tripped or brought to the ground by an opposition player in order to secure an undeserved penalty.
divingadj/ˈdaɪ.vɪŋ/
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That or who dives or dive.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。