ocean的中文

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ocean
/ 5EuFEn /

◙ noun
1. a very large expanse of sea, in particular, each of the main areas into which the sea is divided geographically
• 海洋
»the Atlantic Ocean.
  大西洋。
  [一般作 the ocean] the sea
• 海
»[as modifier] the ocean floor.
  海底。
  (an ocean of/oceans of)[informal] a very large expanse or quantity
• [非正式] 极大量
»she had oceans of energy.
  她有无穷的精力。

【派生】

♦ oceanward adverb & adjective
1. (也作 -wards)

【语源】

1. Middle English: from Old French occean, via Latin from Greek ōkeanos 'great stream encircling the earth's disc'. ‘The ocean’ originally denoted the whole body of water regarded as encompassing the earth's single land mass