| 单词 | seven seas |
| 释义 | > as lemmasseven seas seven seas n. (chiefly with the) any of various groupings of seven large bodies of water; (in later use chiefly) spec. the major oceans of the world, now considered as the Arctic, Antarctic, North and South Pacific, North and South Atlantic, and Indian Oceans. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > specific seas > [noun] > seven seas seven seas?1556 ?1556 N. Smyth in tr. Herodian Hist. (Table annot.) sig. E. iii And because that euerye Ryuer is large, and great, they call the same seuen Seas. 1634 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World (new ed.) I. iii. xvi. 67 All those riuers and trenches aforesaid, the Tuscanes began to make first out of Sagis, carrying the forceable streame of the riuer acrosse into the Atrian meeres, which are called the seuen seas. 1788 Abstr. Astron., Geogr., Nat. Philos., Mythol., & Hist. 28 (heading) Seven Seas... Encompass it, viz. the Mediterranean, the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the Baltic, the White Sea, the Black Sea, and Grecian Sea or Archipielago. 1872 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 1 408 The change of seasons is produced by a winged dragon. During the whole of winter it is in repose, lying upon the seven seas. 1918 H. H. Powers Amer. among Nations xv. 236 A naval and maritime state must have its stations scattered through the seven seas. 2011 Daily Examiner (Grafton, New S. Wales) (Nexis) 22 Aug. 22 (headline) Sail the seven seas with these great cruising deals. < as lemmas |
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