English Dictionary

dead water

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞

(nautical) The eddying water under a slow-moving ship's counter, or a similar area of stationary fluid or gas in advance of a concave angle.

日本語の意味

(船舶用語) ゆっくり進む船の背後、または凹面角の前方における、渦巻いているか、あるいは停滞している水（またはガス）の領域のこと。

As the ship slowed near the inlet, the captain warned us to keep watch for dead water beneath the hull that could stall our progress.

入り江で船が減速すると、船長は船尾の下で渦を巻いてほとんど動かない水の層に注意しないと進行が止まると警告した。

意味（1）

(nautical) The eddying water under a slow-moving ship's counter, or a similar area of stationary fluid or gas in advance of a concave angle.

A deadwater, that is a region occupied by stationary fluid or by gas at suitable pressure, ahead of a concave angle was shown to be possible by Villat.

意味（2）

A region in a body of moving water (or similar body of fluid in motion) where the water (fluid) is relatively stationary, or stagnant.

Some of our party went down the deadwater for a short distance in it and came back with three black ducks and one golden eye.

dead waters （ plural ）