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snorkel

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++snor·kel /ˈsnɔːkəl $ ˈsnɔːr-/ noun [countable]  divers_mask.jpg DSSa tube that allows someone who is swimming to breathe air under water 〔潜水者的〕呼吸管 This is the best snorkel at that price. 这是那个价钱的呼吸管中最好的。5 see picture at 见图 sport1
Examples from the Corpus
snorkelA hired mask and a snorkel is all that is needed to experience a busy underwater world.The jeep was fitted with a snorkel so that it could cross the streams and rivers encountered on the way.The V-weapons, jet-propelled aircraft, and snorkel submarines were bad enough.We sat on the Göcek waterfront, sweating in a toppling mound of guitars and snorkels.There are opportunities to hike, snorkel, whale watch, bird watch and photograph.Cassius heard the fisherman blow the water from his snorkel.When are you gon na snorkel with us, mon?Coral reefs and tropical fish abound for those who like to snorkel.
Origin snorkel (1900-2000) German schnorchel
snor·kel nounChineseSyllable
someone a tube who that allows Corpus to swimming is


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snorkel
I
snorkel /ˈsnɔːkəl $ ˈsnɔːr-/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1900-2000
 Language: German
 Origin: schnorchel

a tube that allows someone who is swimming to breathe air under water:
    This is the best snorkel at that price.

II

See main entry: snorkelling


snor·kelBrE /ˈsnɔːkl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsnɔːrkl/ 🔊 noun
a tube that you can breathe air through when you are swimming under the surface of the water (浮潜用的)呼吸管
snor·kel verb (snor·kel·ling, snor·kelled, especially US snor·kel·ing, snor·keled) [intransitive]