continental shelf

英 [ˌkɒntɪˌnentəl ˈʃelf]

美 [ˌkɑːntɪˌnentəl ˈʃelf]

n.  大陆架

经济

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

• Lithologic and magnetic characteristics and origin of shallow bore sediments on outer continental shelf of East China Sea
  东海外陆架浅孔沉积物的岩性和磁性特征及成因讨论
• 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。
• The expertise for oceanic polymetallic nodules survey Department of Continental Shelf and Sea/ Ocean Mineral Resources
  GB/T17229-1998大洋多金属结核矿产勘查规程大陆架和海洋矿物资源司
• How do people define the continental shelf?
  人们怎么确定陆架的范围的？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The People's Republic of China has the exclusive right to authorize and regulate drilling on the continental shelf for all purposes.
  中华人民共和国拥有授权和管理为一切目的在大陆架上进行钻探的专属权利。
• Topographically, we may consider the coastal plain to be a terrestrial analog of the continental shelf.
  从地形角度讲我们可以把沿岸平原看成是大陆架在陆上的类似构造。