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单词 transmarine
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Definition of transmarine in English:

transmarine

adjective ˌtrɑːnsməˈriːnˌtrɑːnzməˈriːnˌtranzməˈriːnˌtransməˈriːn
dated
  • 1Situated or originating on the other side of the sea.

    an alien, or a transmarine stranger
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Foremost among these was the fact that it was a transmarine colony and a ‘colonia ciuium Romanorum’.
    • Another reason for the non-installation of a rail system here is that Okinawa is a transmarine island, separated from mainland Japan.
    1. 1.1 Of or involving crossing the sea.
      some birds make long transmarine migrations
      Example sentencesExamples
      • A transmarine voyage on the rickety ship would take more than a week.
      • We know as yet little of the limitations or possibilities of marine and transmarine communication.
      • Dering's proposals for a transmarine telegraph are contained in his patent specification of August 15, 1853, from which we condense the following account.

Origin

Late 16th century: from Latin transmarinus, from trans- 'across' + marinus 'marine, of the sea'.

Rhymes

Aberdeen, Amin, aquamarine, baleen, bean, been, beguine, Benin, between, canteen, careen, Claudine, clean, contravene, convene, cuisine, dean, Dene, e'en, eighteen, fascine, fedayeen, fifteen, figurine, foreseen, fourteen, Francine, gean, gene, glean, gombeen, green, Greene, Halloween, intervene, Janine, Jean, Jeannine, Jolene, Kean, keen, Keene, Ladin, langoustine, latrine, lean, limousine, machine, Maclean, magazine, Malines, margarine, marine, Mascarene, Massine, Maxine, mean, Medellín, mesne, mien, Moline, moreen, mujahedin, Nadine, nankeen, Nazarene, Nene, nineteen, nougatine, obscene, palanquin, peen, poteen, preen, quean, Rabin, Racine, ramin, ravine, routine, Sabine, saltine, sardine, sarin, sateen, scene, screen, seen, serene, seventeen, shagreen, shebeen, sheen, sixteen, spleen, spring-clean, squireen, Steen, submarine, supervene, tambourine, tangerine, teen, terrine, thirteen, treen, tureen, Tyrrhene, ultramarine, umpteen, velveteen, wean, ween, Wheen, yean
 
 

Definition of transmarine in US English:

transmarine

adjective
dated
  • 1Situated or originating on the other side of the sea.

    an alien, or a transmarine stranger
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Foremost among these was the fact that it was a transmarine colony and a ‘colonia ciuium Romanorum’.
    • Another reason for the non-installation of a rail system here is that Okinawa is a transmarine island, separated from mainland Japan.
    1. 1.1 Of or involving crossing the sea.
      some birds make long transmarine migrations
      Example sentencesExamples
      • We know as yet little of the limitations or possibilities of marine and transmarine communication.
      • Dering's proposals for a transmarine telegraph are contained in his patent specification of August 15, 1853, from which we condense the following account.
      • A transmarine voyage on the rickety ship would take more than a week.

Origin

Late 16th century: from Latin transmarinus, from trans- ‘across’ + marinus ‘marine, of the sea’.

 
 
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