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

• Most of the Arctic is continental shelf, so most of it will eventually be allotted to one of the five neighbours ( Iceland also has a small claim within the Arctic Circle).
  北极大部分的大陆架，因此大多数最终将被分配给一个五个邻国（冰岛也有一个小索赔北极圈）。
• Both sides are entitled to claim EEZ and continental shelf in accordance with the UNCLOS.
  双方均有依据1982年《联合国海洋法公约》主张专属经济区和大陆架的权利。
• 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。
• 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。
• The Study on the Equitable Principle in the Continental Shelf Delimitation;
  以此为基础，划界应适用并体现公平原则。
• 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。
• This area on the map is the continental shelf.
  地图上的这一片区域都是陆棚区。
• First, Congress should open the way for environmentally responsible offshore exploration on the Outer Continental Shelf.
  首先，国会应该开放在环境上可靠的外层大陆架海面开发的道路。
• Mineral characteristics and mineral chemistry are studied by the microscope, XRD and microprobe analysis for basalt samples from the northern margin of the continental shelf in the East China Sea.
  对东海陆架边缘北部一个站位的玄武岩进行了镜下观测、XRD定量分析和电子探针分析。
• 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；