1. 1海底的、海面下的(如海底電纜 undersea cable、海底火山)。

    Undersea means happening or existing below the surface of the sea. It is an adjective that lives in front of a noun and almost never anywhere else: undersea cables, an undersea volcano, undersea life, an undersea earthquake. You would not say "the volcano is undersea" — for that, English says "the volcano is underwater" or "under the sea." Compare it with its neighbours. 'Undersea' feels technical and slightly grand; it belongs to news reports, documentaries and engineering — the internet cables that cross the Pacific are undersea cables. 'Underwater' is the everyday word and is far more flexible (underwater camera, swim underwater, it's underwater). 'Submarine' as an adjective means exactly the same thing but is the science word: submarine volcano, submarine cable. So the three overlap heavily, and the one you pick is mostly a matter of how formal you want to sound. One useful note for Taiwan: the cables that carry Taiwan's internet to the world are called undersea cables or submarine cables in English news — 海底電纜 — so this is a word you will meet in real headlines.

組成under- (below) + sea. Sea is an old Germanic word, in English since Old English sǣ. So the word says plainly what it means: below the sea.

同家族的字

  • undergroundsame under- + a place word, built exactly the same way
  • underwatersame under- pattern, and the everyday alternative to this word
  • seabedshares 'sea'; the seabed is the floor that undersea things sit on

原始詞典資料1 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,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。

underseaadj

  • 1

    Existing, relating to, or made for use beneath the sea, that is, beneath the sea surface, inside the sea.

    • Near-synonym: underwater
    • It is not known just what action will be taken against the captain of the undersea boat.

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