waterline

1 the waterline TTWthe level that water reaches on the side of a ship etc 〔船的〕吃水线

Two torpedoes struck below the waterline.

两颗鱼雷击中船身吃水线以下部位。

2 [singular] the edge of a large area of water, especially the sea, where it joins the land 水边线；〔尤指〕海岸线

As the waterline advanced, the vegetation was swamped.

随着海岸线的前移，植被被淹没了。

Examples from the Corpus

waterline• There are entrances at different levels, including some below the normal waterline for use in emergencies.• There the trouble is largely above the waterline, though.• The third struck above the waterline setting fire to the aircraft fuelling system ruptured by the first two hits.• Two of the torpedoes struck below the waterline on the port side near the aviation fuel tanks.• Her machinery and her accommodations for equipage and her fifty-eight-man crew were below the waterline.• The boat burns to the waterline and sinks, leaving no surviving witnesses or evidence.

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BNC: 36037 COCA: 23445

waterline