China has announced that it sent its first unmanned deep-sea submersible 10,767 meters deep in the ocean.
中国宣布其无人深海潜水器首次到达10767米的最新深度。
China has become the third country after Japan and the U.S. to reach such a depth.
The announcement came from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, which held a news conference in Beijing on Tuesday, 11 days after Tan Suo Yi Hao, the mother ship ferrying the Haidou, a Chinese-developed ARV (autonomous and remotely operated vehicle), returned from her
maiden voyage on August 12.
During its 52-day mission, the ship conducted 84 research projects in the Mariana
Trench with domestically developed high-end deep-sea devices including the Haidou, the Tianya and Haijiao deep-sea landers, an ocean floor seismometer and other appliances, which collected many valuable samples at different depths during the voyage.
Bai Chunli, President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said at Tuesday's news conference that the mission indicates that China has entered a new era in the field of
marine science and technology and will further promote the development of China's deep-sea technology.
相关单词:maiden
maiden解释:n.少女,处女;adj.未婚的,纯洁的,无经验的
maiden例句:
The prince fell in love with a fair young maiden.王子爱上了一位年轻美丽的少女。
The aircraft makes its maiden flight tomorrow.这架飞机明天首航。
相关单词:trench
trench解释:n./v.(挖)沟,(挖)战壕
trench例句:
The soldiers recaptured their trench.兵士夺回了战壕。
The troops received orders to trench the outpost.部队接到命令在前哨周围筑壕加强防卫。
相关单词:marine
marine解释:adj.海的;海生的;航海的;海事的;n.水兵
marine例句:
Marine creatures are those which live in the sea. 海洋生物是生存在海里的生物。
When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时,他自愿参加了海军陆战队。
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