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seamount

🇬🇧 UK/'si:maunt/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

n.

An underwater mountain rising from the ocean floor but not reaching the water's surface.

海山(未露出水面的水下山峰)

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
sealarge body of salt water, ocean
+
mountmountain, hill, upward
=seamount

Common Collocations

  • 1.underwater seamount水下海山
  • 2.seamount chain海山链
  • 3.volcanic seamount火山海山
  • 4.[seamount ecosystem]海山生态系统

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The seamount rises nearly 3,000 meters from the ocean floor but remains submerged.

  • 2.

    Scientists discovered a previously unknown seamount teeming with rare marine life.

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