单词 | atlantic ocean |
释义 | Atlantic Ocean in British Englishnoun the world's second largest ocean, bounded in the north by the Arctic, in the south by the Antarctic, in the west by North and South America, and in the east by Europe and Africa. Greatest depth: 9220 m (30 246 ft). Area: about 81 585 000 sq km (31 500 000 sq miles) Atlantic Ocean in American English (ætˈlæntɪk) ocean touching the American continents to the west and Europe and Africa to the east: c. 33,420,000 sq mi (86,557,466 sq km); greatest known depth, c. 28,000 ft (8,500 m) : often Atlantic Word origin L Atlanticum (mare), Atlantic (ocean) < Atlanticus, of the Atlas Mountains < Atlas, AtlasIn other languages |
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