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diving

ADJ เกี่ยวกับ การ ดำน้ำ  kiao-kab-kan-dan-nam

 

diving

N การ ดำน้ำ  kan-dam-nam

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DIVING

ppr. [See Dive. ] 1. Plunging or sinking into water or other liquid; applied to animals only.
2. Going deep into a subject.

 

DIVING-BELL

n.A hollow vessel in form of a truncated cone or pyramid, with the smaller base close, and the larger one open, in which a person may descend into deep water and remain, till the inclosed air ceases to be respirable.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DIVING

DIVING Div "ing, a.

 

Defn: That dives or is used or diving. Diving beetle (Zoöl.), any beetle of the family Dytiscidæ, which habitually lives under water; - - called also water tiger. -- Diving bell, a hollow inverted vessel, sometimes bell-shaped, in which men may descend and work under water, respiration being sustained by the compressed air at the top, by fresh air pumped in through a tube from above. -- Diving dress. See Submarine armor, under Submarine. -- Diving stone, a kind of jasper.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

diving

div ing |ˈdīviNG daɪvɪŋ | noun 1 the sport or activity of swimming or exploring underwater. 2 the sport or activity of diving into water from a diving board.

 

diving beetle

div ing bee tle noun a predatory water beetle that has fringed back legs for swimming and stores air under its wing cases while diving. [Family Dytiscidae: numerous genera and species, including the great diving beetle (Dytiscus marginalis ).]

 

diving bell

div ing bell |ˈdaɪvɪŋ ˈˌbɛl | noun an open-bottomed chamber supplied with compressed air, in which a person can be let down under water.

 

diving board

div ing board |ˈdaɪvɪŋ ˈˌbɔ (ə )rd | noun an elevated board projecting over a swimming pool or other body of water, from which people dive or jump in.

 

diving duck

div ing duck noun a duck of a type that dives under water for food, such as the pochard, scaup, tufted duck, and goldeneye. Compare with dabbling duck. [Tribes Aythyini and Mergini, family Anatidae: several genera, in particular Aythya and Bucephala. ]

 

diving petrel

div ing pet rel noun a stocky auklike seabird of southern oceans, having black upper parts and white underparts. [Family Pelecanoididae and genus Pelecanoides: four species, in particular the common (or northern ) diving petrel (P. urinatrix ).]

 

diving suit

div ing suit noun a watertight suit, typically with a helmet and an air supply, worn for working or exploring deep underwater.

 

Oxford Dictionary

diving

div ¦ing |ˈdʌɪvɪŋ | noun [ mass noun ] 1 the sport or activity of swimming or exploring under water. 2 the sport or activity of diving into water from a diving board.

 

diving beetle

div ¦ing bee ¦tle noun a predatory water beetle which has fringed back legs for swimming and which stores air under its wing cases while diving. Family Dytiscidae: numerous genera and species, including the great diving beetle (Dytiscus marginalis ).

 

diving bell

div ¦ing bell noun an open-bottomed chamber supplied with air, in which a person can be let down under water.

 

diving board

div ¦ing board noun an elevated board projecting over a swimming pool or other body of water, from which people dive or jump in.

 

diving duck

div ¦ing duck noun a duck of a type which dives under water for food, such as the pochard, scaup, tufted duck, and goldeneye. Compare with dabbling duck. Tribes Aythyini and Mergini, family Anatidae: several genera, in particular Aythya and Bucephala.

 

diving petrel

div ing pet rel noun a stocky auklike seabird of southern oceans, having black upper parts and white underparts. [Family Pelecanoididae and genus Pelecanoides: four species, in particular the common (or northern ) diving petrel (P. urinatrix ).]

 

diving suit

div ¦ing suit noun a watertight suit, typically with a helmet and an air supply, worn for working or exploring deep under water.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

diving

di ving /dáɪvɪŋ /名詞 U 1 潜水 .2 (水中への )飛び込み, ダイビング (競技 ).~́ b etle 〘虫 〙ゲンゴロウ .~́ b ll つり鐘型潜水装置 〘水中作業用 〙.~́ b ard (プールなどの )飛び込み台, 飛び板 .~́ s it 潜水服 .