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单词 caribbean sea
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Caribbean sea
Caribbean sea n. the part of the Atlantic Ocean lying between the Antilles and the mainland of Central and South America.
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1760 Universal Gazetteer (ed. 2) Introd. sig. a3v South America is bounded on the east by the southern part of the Atlantick ocean..and on the north by the Carribean sea.
1825 C. Waterton Wanderings in S. Amer. iv. 275 I embarked for the island of Antigua, with the intention of calling at the different islands in the Caribbean sea, on my way once more towards the wilds of Guiana.
1913 J. Murray Ocean vi. 124 The North Equatorial Current flows westwards across the [Atlantic] ocean..until on reaching the Windward Islands it is driven partly into the Caribbean Sea.
2006 Lowell Sun (Mass.) (Nexis) 5 Jan. The thought of basking in the sun aboard a cruise ship in the middle of the turquoise Caribbean Sea must tempt even the purist Puritan.
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