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diver 音标拼音: [d'ɑɪvɚ] n. 跳水者,潜水员 跳水者,潜水员 diver n 1: someone who works underwater [ synonym: { diver}, { frogman}, { underwater diver}] 2: someone who dives ( into water) [ synonym: { diver}, { plunger}] 3: large somewhat primitive fish- eating diving bird of the northern hemisphere having webbed feet placed far back; related to the grebes [ synonym: { loon}, { diver}] Diver \ Div" er\, n. 1. One who, or that which, dives. [ 1913 Webster] Divers and fishers for pearls. -- Woodward. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: One who goes deeply into a subject, study, or business. " A diver into causes." -- Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster] 3. ( Zool.) Any bird of certain genera, as { Urinator} ( formerly { Colymbus}), or the allied genus { Colymbus}, or { Podiceps}, remarkable for their agility in diving. [ 1913 Webster] Note: The northern diver ({ Urinator imber}) is the loon; the black diver or velvet scoter ({ Oidemia fusca}) is a sea duck. See { Loon}, and { Scoter}. [ 1913 Webster] 22 Moby Thesaurus words for " diver": bather, bathing beauty, bathing girl, cannon, cutpurse, deep- sea diver, dip, free diver, frogman, jumper, mermaid, merman, natator, parachute jumper, pearl diver, plunger, scuba diver, skin diver, sky diver, snorkel diver, swimmer, wire
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