| 单词 | ocean |
| 释义 | ocean (once / 103 pages) n You know that vast, wet expanse of blue that keeps crashing waves on the beach? That's the ocean. Atlantic, Pacific, Indian...these are just a few of the big oceans of the world. If Columbus hadn't sailed the ocean blue in 14 hundred ninety-two, America would have never been discovered. Home to sharks, mermaids, sailboats, and tsunami waves, the ocean makes up most of the planet Earth. But you can use ocean to describe anything similarly vast and limitless, like an endless ocean of fans at a rock concert. WORD FAMILYocean: oceanic, oceans, subocean+/oceanic: suboceanic, transoceanic USAGE EXAMPLESLava deltas are formed when lava enters the ocean and builds new land on loose and unstable substrate. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) The rate of warming we are seeing, in both the air and ocean temperatures, is inconsistent with the fanciful and optimistic beliefs of this group. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) When we’re overtaxed mentally, an urge to surround ourselves with plants and oceans grows. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) 1n a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere Exp|Hypo|Hyper Antarctic Ocean the southern waters surrounding Antarctica Arctic Oceanice covered waters surrounding the North Pole; mostly covered with solid ice or with ice floes and icebergs Atlantic Oceanthe 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east Indian Oceanthe 3rd largest ocean; bounded by Africa on the west, Asia on the north, Australia on the east and merging with the Antarctic Ocean to the south Pacific Oceanthe largest ocean in the world deep literary term for an ocean body of water, water the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean) 2n anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume Syn|Hyper sea large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude |
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