单词 | sea |
释义 | 🔑 seaBrE /siː/ NAmE /siː/ noun 🔑 (oftenthe sea ) [U ] (also literary seas [pl. ]) (especiallyBrE ) the salt water that covers most of the earth's surface and surrounds its continents and islands 海;海洋◆ to travel by sea 海上旅行◆ a cottage by the sea 海滨小屋◆ The waste was dumped in the sea . 废物倒入海中。◆ The wreck is lying at the bottom of the sea . 沉船躺在海底。◆ We left port and headed for the open sea (= far away from land ). 我们离开港口,向外海驶去。◆ the cold seas of the Arctic 北极地区寒冷的海洋◆ a sea voyage 海上航行◆ a hotel room with sea view 旅馆海景房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 ➡ see also high seas, oceanbeach , coast , harbour , pier , sandbank , sea , shoreline , surf , tide , wave 🔑 [C ] (often Sea , especially as part of a name 常作 Sea,尤作名称的一部分) a large area of salt water that is part of an ocean or surrounded by land 海◆ the North Sea 北海◆ the Caspian Sea 里海🔑 [C ] (also seas [pl. ]) the movement of the waves of the sea 海面情况;海浪状况◆ It was a calm sea . 海上风平浪静。◆ The sea was very rough . 海上风急浪高。[sing. ]~of sth a large amount of sth that stretches over a wide area 大量;茫茫一片◆ He looked down at the sea of smiling faces before him . 他看着眼前这笑脸的海洋。 ● at ˈsea 🔑 on the sea , especially in a ship , or in the sea 在海上(尤指乘船);在海里◆ It happened on the second night at sea . 事情发生在出海后的第二天夜里。◆ They were lost at sea . 他们在海上迷失了方向。confused and not knowing what to do 困惑;茫然;不知所措◆ I'm all at sea with these new regulations . 我全然不懂这些新的规章。● go to ˈsea to become a sailor 去当水手;当海员● out to ˈsea far away from land where the sea is deepest 向(或在)外海◆ She fell overboard and was swept out to sea . 她从船上落入水中,被海浪冲向外海。● put (out ) to ˈsea to leave a port or harbourby ship or boat 起航;出海● between the ˌdevil and the ˌdeep blue ˈsea in a difficult situation where there are two equally unpleasant or unacceptable choices 进退维谷;左右为难● there are plenty more fish in the ˈsea there are many other people or things that are as good as the one sb has failed to get 海里的鱼有的是;还有很多一样好的(人或事物) |
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