| 单词 | ocean |
| 释义 | 🔑 oceanBrE /ˈəʊʃn/ NAmE /ˈoʊʃn/ noun 🔑 (usuallythe ocean ) [sing. ](especiallyNAmE ) the mass of salt water that covers most of the earth's surface 大海；海洋◆ the depths of the ocean 海洋的深处◆ People were swimming in the ocean despite the hurricane warning . 尽管有飓风警报，人们仍然在大海里游泳。◆ The plane hit the ocean several miles offshore . 飞机在距离海岸数英里处坠入大海。◆ Our beach house is just a couple of miles from the ocean . 我家滨海的房子离大海只有几英里。◆ an ocean liner 远洋客轮◆ Ocean levels are rising . 海平面正在上升。🔑 (usuallyOcean ) [C ]one of the five large areas that the ocean is divided into （五大洋之一的）洋◆ the Antarctic /Arctic /Atlantic /Indian /Pacific Ocean 南极海；北冰洋；大西洋；印度洋；太平洋sea / oceanIn BrE , the usual word for the mass of salt water that covers most of the earth's surface is the sea. In NAmE , the usual word is the ocean.在英式英语中，覆盖地球表面大部分地区的大片海水通常用 sea 表示。美式英语则通常用 ocean：◆A swimmer drowned in the sea/ocean this morning.今天早上一名游泳者在海里淹死了。The names of particular areas of seas, however, are fixed.然而，特定的海洋名称用 sea 或 ocean 是固定的：◆the Mediterranean Sea地中海◆the Atlantic Ocean大西洋Sea/ocean are also used if you go to the coast on holiday/vacation.到海滨度假亦可用 sea/ocean：◆We're spending a week by the sea/at the ocean in June.我们六月份要在海滨度假一个星期。In NAmE it is also common to say美式英语亦常说：◆We're going to the beach for vacation.我们要去海滨度假。 ➡ note atcoast ● an ocean of sth (also oceans of sth ) (informal ) a large amount of sth 众多；大量● a ˌdrop in the ˈocean (BrE ) (NAmE a ˌdrop in the ˈbucket ) an amount of sth that is too small or unimportant to make any real difference to a situation 沧海一粟；九牛一毛 |
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