aqualung
Britishnoun
Explanation
If your life's ambition is to live underwater like a mermaid, you'd better get practicing on how to use an aqualung, an underwater breathing system. An aqualung is a kind of diving equipment that lets you breathe under water. It's an air tank strapped to your back plus a mouthpiece that lets you breathe in that air. Its name was the brand name of the first ever underwater breathing apparatus, what we now call scuba equipment. There have been lots of developments in scuba diving since then, but many of them are based on the aqualung.
Vocabulary lists containing aqualung
Elements of the Universe: Aqua ("Water")
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Roots: aqua
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Example Sentences
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At ten fathoms, with a tank of oxygen on her back and her teeth clamped on an aqualung, Jane is not at her best.
From Time Magazine Archive
In The Silent World, a French navy captain named Jacques-Yves Cousteau, inventor of the "aqualung," describes his underwater adventures with a scientist's care and a poet's feeling.
From Time Magazine Archive
He slumped down on the edge of the stage, shaking his head to clear it while Navy frogmen stripped his aqualung harness from him and pulled the mask from his face.
From The Wailing Octopus by Goodwin, Harold L. (Harold Leland)
Instead of bothering with the snorkel, Rick kept the aqualung mouthpiece in place and swam a few feet under the surface, guiding himself by the wake of the others.
From The Wailing Octopus by Goodwin, Harold L. (Harold Leland)
But when Barby examined the aqualung tanks distastefully and demanded that Rick paint them to match the new suits, both boys put their feet down emphatically.
From The Electronic Mind Reader by Blaine, John
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