資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Submarine \Sub`ma*rine"\, n.
A submarine boat; esp., Nav., a submarine torpedo boat; --
called specif. {submergible submarine} when capable of
operating at various depths and of traveling considerable
distances under water, and {submersible submarine} when
capable of being only partly submerged, i.e., so that the
conning tower, etc., is still above water. The latter type
and most of the former type are submerged as desired by
regulating the amount of water admitted to the ballast tanks
and sink on an even keel; some of the former type effect
submersion while under way by means of horizontal rudders, in
some cases also with admission of water to the ballast tanks.