柯林斯词典continental shelf 1. N-UNCOUNT The continental shelf is the area which forms the edge of a continent, ending in a steep slope to the depths of the ocean. 大陆架 ...the deep water off the Continental Shelf. ...大陆架的深水海域。 返回 continental shelf剑桥词典the area of the bottom of the sea near the coast of a continent , where the sea is not very deep 大陆架 返回 continental shelf