continental shelf

英 [ˌkɒntɪˌnentəl ˈʃelf]

美 [ˌkɑːntɪˌnentəl ˈʃelf]

n.  大陆架

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牛津词典

noun

• 大陆架
  the area of land on the edge of a continent that slopes into the ocean

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 大陆架
  The continental shelfis the area which forms the edge of a continent, ending in a steep slope to the depths of the ocean.
  1. ...the deep water off the Continental Shelf.
     远离大陆架的深水水域

英英释义

noun

• the relatively shallow (up to 200 meters) seabed surrounding a continent

双语例句

• She is examining species on the continental shelf.
  她正在对大陆架上的物种情况进行考察。
• How do people define the continental shelf?
  人们怎么确定陆架的范围的？
• Jppan Sea is a vast marginal sea and is surrounded by continental shelf.
  日本海是一个广阔的边缘海，四周被大陆架所围。
• The waters between Chinas Xisha Islands and the coast of the Vietnamese mainland are yet to be delimited. The two sides have not yet conducted delimitation of the Exclusive Economic Zone ( EEZ) and continental shelf in these waters.
  中国西沙群岛与越南大陆海岸之间存在海域划界问题，双方迄未在该海域进行专属经济区和大陆架划界。
• The part of a continent under the ocean is called a continental shelf.
  大陆的海底部分叫做大陆架。
• China and Japan have had some difference about dividing the continental shelf of the East Sea and exclusive economic zone for a long time.
  长期以来，中国与日本在东海大陆架与专属经济区的划分上存在着分歧。
• Species composition and resources density of Chondrichthyes in the continental shelf of northern South China Sea marine eellike mostly bottom-dwelling fishes of northern seas.
  南海北部海区软骨鱼类种类组成和资源密度分布北部海洋中大多数底栖的似鳗海鱼。
• The Study on the Equitable Principle in the Continental Shelf Delimitation;
  以此为基础，划界应适用并体现公平原则。
• Most of the Arctic is continental shelf, so most of it will eventually be allotted to one of the five neighbours ( Iceland also has a small claim within the Arctic Circle).
  北极大部分的大陆架，因此大多数最终将被分配给一个五个邻国（冰岛也有一个小索赔北极圈）。
• Lowered sea levels exposed the shallow continental shelf beneath the Bering Sea
  海平面下降使白令海底部的浅层大陆架暴露出来。