You can think of a diver as a person who commits their whole body to the water instead of standing beside it — the picture behind the word is someone leaving the edge and going in head and arms first. Both meanings are that same person: one caught at the moment of entering, one already down below.
原始詞典資料8 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。
divernoun/ˈdaɪ̯və(ɹ)/
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Someone who dives, especially as a sport.
- A passerby noticed the man's body protruding from the water at about 9 p.m. and Boston and Metropolitan police divers were called to the scene.
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Someone who works underwater; a frogman.
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loon (Gavia spp.)
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A New Zealand sand diver (Tewara cranwellae)
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A long-finned sand diver (Limnichthys polyactis)
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datedA passenger carrying vehicle using an underground route; specially, a diver tram, one using the former Kingsway tramway subway (1906-1952).
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obsoleteslangA pickpocket.
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hobbieslifestylesportsA competitor in certain sports who is known to regularly imitate being fouled, with the purpose of getting his/her opponent penalised.
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