ocean
ocean — 名詞
- oceansingular
- oceansplural
1. the huge stretch of salty water wrapping around our planet, or any wide expanse
海洋；大海
覆蓋地球大部分的鹹水水域
the huge stretch of salty water wrapping around our planet, or any wide expanse of it far from shore.
Maya stood on the cliff and watched the ocean crash against the dark rocks below.
Maya 站在懸崖上，看著海洋拍打下方的黑色岩石。
the ocean as scenic backdrop
Plastic bottles and old fishing nets are slowly choking the ocean.
塑膠瓶和舊漁網正在慢慢扼殺海洋。
common environmental collocation
Carlos has always wanted to swim in the ocean instead of a hotel pool.
Carlos 一直想在大海裡游泳，而不是在飯店泳池裡。
preposition pattern: in the ocean
Whales travel thousands of kilometres across the ocean every year.
鯨魚每年穿越海洋，遷徙數千公里。
preposition pattern: across the ocean
The little fishing boat looked tiny against the open ocean.
那艘小漁船在開闊的海洋上看起來十分渺小。
collocation: the open ocean
- open ocean
- deep ocean
- ocean floor
- ocean current
- swim in the ocean
- land
the dry surface, opposite of the watery one
文法句型
the ocean
in/across/under the ocean
用法筆記
Almost always takes the definite article: 'the ocean'. American English uses 'the ocean' where British English often says 'the sea' for the same idea.
常見錯誤
2. any of the five separately named saltwater regions on Earth — Pacific, Atlantic,
洋
全球五大海域之一的專稱
any of the five separately named saltwater regions on Earth — Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, or Arctic — each treated as a distinct geographical area.
The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the five oceans on Earth.
太平洋是地球五大洋中最大的一個。
proper name pattern: the [Name] Ocean
Lina's grandmother sailed across the Atlantic Ocean from Lisbon to New York in 1962.
Lina 的祖母在 1962 年從里斯本航越大西洋到紐約。
across the [Name] Ocean
Many tropical storms form over the warm waters of the Indian Ocean.
許多熱帶風暴在印度洋溫暖的海域上形成。
of the [Name] Ocean
Scientists study melting ice along the edge of the Arctic Ocean every summer.
科學家每年夏天都會研究北冰洋邊緣融化的冰層。
The Southern Ocean surrounds Antarctica and has some of the roughest waves in the world.
南冰洋環繞著南極洲，擁有世界上最洶湧的浪濤。
- Pacific Ocean
- Atlantic Ocean
- Indian Ocean
- Arctic Ocean
- Southern Ocean
- the world's oceans
- sea
smaller named bodies (the Mediterranean Sea); not interchangeable with the named oceans
文法句型
the [Name] Ocean
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1: this sense is countable and always paired with a capitalised name (the Pacific Ocean, two oceans). Sense 1 is the general mass of water and almost never plural.
常見錯誤
a drop in the ocean
idioman amount so small compared with what is needed that it makes almost no real difference.
杯水車薪；微不足道
The donation of a thousand dollars is just a drop in the ocean for a hospital this size.
Recycling one bottle feels like a drop in the ocean, but millions of people doing it adds up.
a very large amount or supply of something, usually more than anyone could need or count.
大量；無數
After the wedding, Aunt Rosa was left with an ocean of leftover food.
The new graduates faced an ocean of opportunities in the tech industry.
oceans of something
idioman informal way of saying there is a huge supply or quantity of something.
大量；很多
Don't worry about the deadline — we still have oceans of time before Friday.
The festival had oceans of free coffee for the volunteers.
同根字
- oceanic形容詞C1
- oceanography名詞C1
- oceanographer名詞C2
- transoceanic形容詞C2
常見搭配
名詞搭配
- ocean floor
- ocean current
- ocean wave
- ocean view
- ocean liner
- ocean breeze
常用片語
- the open ocean
- the deep ocean
- the world's oceans
- swim in the ocean
- cross the ocean
介系詞搭配
- in the ocean
- on the ocean
- across the ocean
- under the ocean
- over the ocean