单词 | marine |
释义 | marine /meuh reen"/, adj. 1. of or pertaining to the sea; existing in or produced by the sea: marine vegetation. 2. pertaining to navigation or shipping; nautical; naval; maritime. 3. serving on shipboard, as soldiers. 4. of or belonging to the marines. 5. adapted for use at sea: a marine barometer. n. 6. a member of the U.S. Marine Corps. 7. one of a class of naval troops serving both on shipboard and on land. 8. seagoing ships collectively, esp. with reference to nationality or class; shipping in general. 9. a picture with a marine subject; seascape. 10. naval affairs, or the department of a government, as in France, having to do with such affairs. 11. dead marine, Australian Slang. an empty bottle of beer or spirits. 12. tell it or that to the marines! I don't believe your story; I refuse to be fooled. [1325-75; ME maryne < MF marin (fem. marine) < L marinus of the sea, deriv. of mare sea; see -INE1] |
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