英语词汇“grass sea”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

grass sea n. now historical (a name for) the Sargasso Sea.With reference to the masses of sargassum seaweed which float on the surface of the sea, and give it its name.

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grass sea1700

Sargasso Sea1855

1700 S. L. tr. C. Frick Relation Voy. in tr. C. Frick & C. Schweitzer Relation Two Voy. E.-Indies 219 From thence we pass'd to the Gras-Zee, or Grass-Sea [Ger. die Graß-See], so called from the Grass which grows there, so that the Sea appears just like a Meadow.

1806 J. Barrow Voy. Cochinchina iv. 73 What may properly be called the Grass sea is comprehended between the 18th and 32d parallels of northern latitude, and between the 25th and 40th meridians of western longitude.

1996 A. Hall tr. R. Simek Heaven & Earth in Middle Ages viii. 98 His [sc. Columbus] sailors feared that the ‘grass-sea’ and the calm would mean that they would be stuck on the open infinite sea for ever.

单词	grass sea
释义	> as lemmas grass sea grass sea n. now historical (a name for) the Sargasso Sea.With reference to the masses of sargassum seaweed which float on the surface of the sea, and give it its name. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > specific seas > [noun] > Atlantic Ocean > Sargasso Sea grass sea1700 Sargasso Sea1855 1700 S. L. tr. C. Frick Relation Voy. in tr. C. Frick & C. Schweitzer Relation Two Voy. E.-Indies 219 From thence we pass'd to the Gras-Zee, or Grass-Sea [Ger. die Graß-See], so called from the Grass which grows there, so that the Sea appears just like a Meadow. 1806 J. Barrow Voy. Cochinchina iv. 73 What may properly be called the Grass sea is comprehended between the 18th and 32d parallels of northern latitude, and between the 25th and 40th meridians of western longitude. 1996 A. Hall tr. R. Simek Heaven & Earth in Middle Ages viii. 98 His [sc. Columbus] sailors feared that the ‘grass-sea’ and the calm would mean that they would be stuck on the open infinite sea for ever. extracted from grassn.¹ < as lemmas
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