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

• The Exclusive Economic Zone and the system of the Continental Shelf are two important regimes in the International Convention of the Law of the Sea.
  专属经济区与大陆架制度为《联合国海洋法公约》的两个重要制度。
• This area on the map is the continental shelf.
  地图上的这一片区域都是陆棚区。
• The water above the continental shelf is moved by the tides and by estuarine currents.
  潮流和河口流使大陆架上的海水流动。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Lowered sea levels exposed the shallow continental shelf beneath the Bering Sea
  海平面下降使白令海底部的浅层大陆架暴露出来。
• Species composition and resources density of Chondrichthyes in the continental shelf of northern South China Sea marine eellike mostly bottom-dwelling fishes of northern seas.
  南海北部海区软骨鱼类种类组成和资源密度分布北部海洋中大多数底栖的似鳗海鱼。
• The dumping of wastes or other matter into the internal sea and the territorial sea, onto the continental shelf and into other sea areas under the jurisdiction of the People's Republic of China;
  向中华人民共和国的内海、领海、大陆架和其他管辖海域倾倒废弃物和其他物质；