| 单词 | ocean current |
| 释义 | ocean current (once / 22134 pages) n WORD FAMILY ocean current: ocean currents USAGE EXAMPLESIn addition, the authors used a computer model of ocean currents from the University of Hawaii. The Guardian(Dec 14, 2016) Vacationers are offered educational boat rides through the fierce ocean currents that swirl above the pearl oyster banks. Wall Street Journal(Nov 12, 2016) A warming Arctic is going to affect our planet’s systems of ocean currents and wind patterns, which help drive a lot of our weather. National Geographic(Oct 28, 2016) n the steady flow of surface ocean water in a prevailing direction Hypo|Hyper El Nino (oceanography) a warm ocean current that flows along the equator from the date line and south off the coast of Ecuador at Christmas time equatorial currentany of the ocean currents that flow westward at the equator Gulf streama warm ocean current that flows from the Gulf of Mexico northward through the Atlantic Ocean Japan current, Kuroshio, Kuroshio currenta warm ocean current that flows northeastwardly off the coast of Japan into the northern Pacific ocean Humboldt current, Peruvian currenta cold ocean current that flows north along the Pacific Coast of South America before turning west El Nino southern oscillationa more intense El Nino that occurs every few years when the welling up of cold nutrient-rich water does not occur; kills plankton and fish and affects weather patterns North Equatorial Currentan equatorial current that flows west across the Pacific just north of the equator South Equatorial Currentan equatorial current that flows west across the Pacific just south of the equator current, stream a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes) |
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