deep sea
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3.6
- noun
- /dip si/
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mar profundo
- Indeed, it has been estimated that 80-90% of creatures in the deep sea are bioluminescent.
- deep sea environment
And for me, it's clearly the deep sea, the zoology that's down there.
- And for me, it's clearly the deep sea, the zoology that's down there.
- So keeping these places intact in the deep sea until we really know what's the carbon cycle like?
- And you're going to lose sort of your your your homeliness in the deep sea where it's all peace and you're, you're every wave.
- Jars where the bees bring their honey, and where in this same cave, the mermaids weave fabrics as richly dyed as the deep sea.
Examples
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Finding a mate occurs in the unlikeliest of places, as blob sculpins and deep-sea octopuses attest.
Academic text (2004) -
Why don't we have a deep sea base yet?
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I will share a secret: I love the sea critters, especially the deep sea ones.
Blog text (18) -
There had been earlier attempts to pump carbon dioxide into the deep sea.
Fiction book (1998) -
So it's interesting that they are so prevalent in the deep sea where sunlight is weak or never reaches.
Blog text (13) -
Everyone is aware of the magnitude of the deep-sea microbial environment.
Academic text (2012) -
The ship's high-tech robotic submersible will act as their eyes and arms in the deep sea.
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"In the deep sea," Van Dover reflects, "there live creatures of extraordinary beauty, exquisitely adapted to extraordinary environments."
Academic text (2010) -
The researchers discovered new creatures living in the deep sea that glow in the dark.
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Many scientists believe that the deep sea holds secrets about Earth's history and climate change.
Synonyms
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7.4
A very low, steep part of the ocean floor
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3.9
The lowest parts of a place or a feeling
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4.0
The deep part of a sea or lake away from the shore
Antonyms
How Deep
- Specialized
- Specialized
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3.6
- Specialized
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5.5
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2.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the deeper parts of the ocean' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'deep' (extending far down) with 'sea' (a large body of saltwater); the adjective simply specifies a depth-related subpart of the sea. This straightforward adjective+noun composition is cross-linguistically common and predictable, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The noun deep sea comes from the simple image of the very deep part of the sea where you cannot see the bottom. Sailors and scientists used the phrase for water 'far below the surface' where little or no 'sunlight' reaches, so deep sea now means the lowest, dark parts of the ocean.