英语词汇snorkel的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	snorkel
词源	snorkel. The snorkel, introduced during World War II, was at first only a retractable tube that ventilated a sub cruising slightly below the surface. It took its name from the German Schnorchel, “air intake.” After the war, snorkel became better known as a tube one breathes through while swimming facedown in the water or slightly below the surface.
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