n. 1.洋,大海;(有别于内海的)外洋。 ★ 英国用 sea 的地方,美国常用 ocean. 如:spend some weeks by the ocean 在海边住几个星期。 2.(五大洋的)…洋。 3.一望无垠(的),茫茫(的) (of) 无限,无量;〔常 pl.〕〔口语〕极多(的),许许多多(的) (of)。 短语和例子 the Atlantic [Pacific, Indian, Arctic, Antarctic] O- 大西[太平、印度、北冰、南冰]洋。 ★ Ocean 常可省去。 如:the Atlantic [Pacific]. a vast ocean of foliage 树海。 oceans of money 大量的钱。 be tossed on an ocean of doubts 坠入五里雾中。 sweep back the ocean 做显然不可能做到的事。
a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere
anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume 同义词:sea,
An ocean (; the World Ocean of classical antiquity) is a body of saline water that composes a large part of a planet's hydrosphere. In the context of Earth, it refers to one or all of the major divisions of the planet's World Ocean ? they are, in descending order of area, the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern (Antarctic), and Arctic Oceans.
例句与用法
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Her body was lowered into the indian ocean . 她的遗体被沉进了印度洋里。
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It is like fishing for a needle in the ocean . 这就像大海捞针。
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The submarine bottomed on the ocean floor . 潜水艇停在洋底。
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The vast pacific is the world's largest ocean . 浩瀚的太平洋是世界上第一大洋。
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A similar mechanism generates our ocean tides . 类似的作用过程就造成海洋潮汐。
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The panama canal joins two oceans . 巴拿马运河连通两大洋。
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The cape extends far into the ocean . 那海岬伸向海洋远处。
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The atlantic ocean separates america from europe .. 大西洋把美洲和欧洲分隔开来。