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单词 ocean-greyhound
释义

ocean /ōˈshən/

noun
  1. The vast expanse of salt water that covers the greater part of the surface of the globe
  2. Any one of its great divisions (Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, Antarctic; also Southern (ie the belt of water round the earth between 40º and 661/2º south) and German (ie the North Sea))
  3. Any immense expanse or vast quantity (figurative)
adjective

Of or relating to the ocean generally

ORIGIN: OFr occean, from L Ōceanus, from Gr Ōkeanos, the river, or its god

oceanarium /ō-shən-āˈri-əm/ noun (pl oceanāˈriums or oceanāˈria)

An enclosed part of the sea (also called seaquarium) or a large salt-water pond, in which dolphins, porpoises, etc, are kept and tamed

oceanaut /ōˈshə-nöt/ noun

Someone who lives for periods under the sea, in order to observe and explore

Oceanian /ō-shi-äˈni-ən/ adjective

Relating to Oceania, which includes Polynesia, Micronesia and Melanesia, with or without Australasia

noun

A native of Oceania, esp a Polynesian

oceanic /ō-shi-anˈik/ adjective

  1. Relating to the ocean
  2. Found or formed in the ocean or high seas, pelagic
  3. Wide like the ocean

oceanicity /-nisˈ/ noun

The extent to which the climate of a particular area is influenced by proximity to an ocean

oceanid /ō-sēˈən-id/ noun (pl ocēˈanids or oceanides /ō-sē-anˈid-ēz/) (Gr myth)

  1. (with cap) a daughter of Oceanus
  2. An ocean nymph

oceanographer /ō-shi-ən-ogˈrə-fər, or ō-shən- or ō-si-ən-/ noun

oceanographic /ō-shi-an-ə-grafˈik, or ō-shən- or ō-si-an-/ or oceanographˈical adjective

oceanogˈraphy noun

The scientific study and description of the ocean

oceanologˈical adjective

oceanolˈogist noun

oceanolˈogy noun

Oceanography

ocean basin noun

The depression in which the waters of an ocean are contained

oˈcean-going adjective

Sailing, or suitable for sailing, across the ocean

oˈcean-greyˈhound noun

A very fast steamer

oceanic crust noun

That part of the Earth's crust that is normally characteristic of oceans, consisting of approx 5km water, 1km sediments and 5km basaltic rocks

oceanic islands plural noun

Islands far from the mainland

ocean perch noun

A scorpion-fish, Sebastes marinus, also known as the bergylt, redfish or rosefish

oˈcean-streamˈ noun (Milton)

The river Oceanus (Okeanos), supposed to encircle the land of the world

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