seamount
noun [ C ] geology specialized uk/ˈsiː.maʊnt/ us/ˈsiː.maʊnt/
海(底)山
a mountain under the sea
As many as 100,000 seamounts are submerged under the ocean. 海洋之下淹没着多达10万座海山。
He has dived to seamounts with summits more than 3,000 feet down. 他曾下潜到海山,山顶向下有3000多英尺深。
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- The group was studying seamounts in the ocean south of New Caledonia.
- Waves break when they hit an underwater obstruction like a reef or seamount.
- These fish live in the open ocean and return to the seamounts to breed.