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diver

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Occupations, Swimming
div·er /ˈdaɪvə $ -ər/ ●●○ noun [countable]  1. BODSSsomeone who swims or works under water using special equipment to help them breathe 〔使用水肺等的〕潜水员,潜水者2. DSSsomeone who jumps into water with their head and arms first 〔头和胳膊先入水的〕跳水者
Examples from the Corpus
diverI went down like a diver submerging, the floor flowed over my head.They were almost naked; the heavy garments divers always wear to keep warm had been discarded.I teamed up with peter Cornish who was one of the key divers who master-minded the recovery of Halifax W1048.So after supper with the Miyako divers I went with Nina to check that he was all right.Duck or diver, it had dived, and, though I waited for long minutes, it did not appear again.If a scuba diver is bitten by a shark in deep water, what color does the blood look?a deep sea diverA major difficulty the divers faced was caused by a lack of valves.Two divers swim through a natural arch at one of the reef's coral heads.
div·er nounChineseSyllable
Corpus works special water who using or swims under equipment someone


diver
diver /ˈdaɪvə $ -ər/ noun [countable]
1. someone who swims or works under water using special equipment to help them breathe
2. someone who jumps into water with their head and arms first


diverBrE /ˈdaɪvə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈdaɪvər/ 🔊 nouna person who works underwater, usually with special equipment (通常有专用装备的)潜水员a deep-sea diver深海潜水员   compare frogman a person who jumps into the water with their head first and their arms in front of them 跳水者;跳水运动员