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seasi:nthe salty water which covers a large part of the surface of the Earth, or a large area of salty water, smaller than an OCEAN, which is partly or completely surrounded by land海the North Sea [U]北海the Mediterranean Sea [U]地中海the Caspian Sea [U]里海The Atlantic isn't a sea --it's an ocean. [C]大西洋不是海，而是洋。We went swimming in the sea. [U]我们去海里游泳。There were lots of small yachts sailing on the sea. [U]海上有许多小游艇在航行。When we moved to the US, we sent our things/travelled there by sea (= in a ship). [U]当我们移居美国时，我们把东西航运过去/我们乘轮船到那里。I'd love to live on an island in the middle of the sea! [U]我喜欢在海中间的岛上生活。Moscow is a long way from the sea. [U]莫斯科离海很远。The River Nile flows into the sea near Alexandria. [U]尼罗河在亚历山大附近注入海洋。The barrels of nuclear waste fell off the ship and are now lying at the bottom of the sea. [U]装着核废料的桶从船上落下，现在沉在海底。The sea was calm/smooth/choppy/rough when we crossed the Channel. [U]当我们横渡英吉利海峡时，海很平静/风平浪静/起波浪/风浪很大。Choppy seas can often make travelling between the islands difficult. [C]波浪滔滔常使在岛屿间的航行变得非常困难。Is the sea (= the water) clean enough to swim in here? [U]这里的海水是否很干净，可以游泳呢？We spent a lovely week by the sea (= on the coast) this year. [U]今年我们在海边过了愉快的一周。Soon we had left the river estuary and were heading towards the open sea (= the part of the sea a long way from land). [U]不一会儿，我们离开了河口湾，向公海前进。The refugees were at sea (= in a boat on the sea a long way from land) for forty days before reaching land. [U]逃难者在海上航行了四十天才到达陆地。I'm all/completely at sea with (= confused by) the new coins.我完全被这些新硬币弄糊涂了。She stood motionless, staring out to sea (= over the sea into the distance). [U]她一动不动地站着，眺望着大海。A sea is also one of the large flat areas on the moon which in the past were thought to be seas.月球表面的阴影区The Sea of Showers [C]雨海A sea of something is a lot of it.很多The teacher looked down and saw a sea of smiling faces. [C]老师向下看，看到许多微笑的脸。The boats will put (out) to sea (= leave) on this evening's high tide.船将在今晚涨潮时离岸。My grandfather ran away to sea/went to sea (= became a sailor) when he was twelve.我祖父在12岁那年成了海员。Sometimes -on-sea or -by-sea is used in the name of a town on the coast用于靠海的城镇名Southend-on-Sea; Goring-by-Sea滨海绍森德、滨海戈林A sea anemone is a soft, brightly coloured sea creature which looks like a flower and often lives on rocks under the water.海葵A sea breeze is a light cool wind blowing from the sea onto the land.海风A sea captain is a person in charge of a ship, esp. one used for trading rather than for military purposes.(商船)船长There will have to be a sea change (= a complete change) in people's ideas if public transport is ever to replace the private car.如果公共交通有一天会取代私人汽车的话，人们的观念将发生根本的变化。(literary or humorous) A sea dog is an old sailor with many years of experience at sea.有经验的水手His grandfather had the weather-beaten features of an old sea dog.他祖父有一副老水手般饱经风霜的面容。A ship usually travels in a sea lane (= along a fixed route across the sea).船通常都在航线上航行。A person's sea legs are their ability to keep their balance while walking on a moving ship and not be ill.在颠簸的海船甲板上平稳走动而不晕船的能力How are your sea legs? I think it's going to be a rough crossing.你不晕船吧？我想这将是一次艰难的航行。Sea level is the average height of the sea where it meets the land.海平面，海拔The top of Mount Everest is 8 848m above sea level.珠穆朗玛峰海拔8 848m 。Much of Holland lies at or below sea level.荷兰的大部分在海平面或海平面以下。A sea lion is a large SEAL from the North Pacific Ocean which has large ears and can move on land.海狮Sea lions often perform in entertainments such as circuses.海狮常常在诸如马戏团这一类娱乐场演出。A sea urchin is a small edible sea animal which lives in water that is not very deep, and has a spherical shell that is covered with sharp points like needles.海胆A sea wall is a wall that protects land from being flooded or damaged by the sea or protects a port from the action of powerful waves.海堤，护岸"I must down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky / And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by" (John Masefield in the poem Sea Fever, 1902)“我要再次下海，到孤寂的海洋和天空/我只要一艘高高的帆船和一颗星星来为她导航”(诗歌 《海之狂热》，作者约翰·梅斯菲尔德)
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