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ocean/ˈəʊʃ(ə)n/n. 1a a large expanse of sea, esp. each of the main areas called the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, and Southern Oceans 海洋(尤指大西洋，太平洋，印度洋，北冰洋及南部海洋) b these regarded cumulatively as the body of water surrounding the land of the globe 洋(围绕地球陆地的水域的总称) 2 (usu. prec. by 通常前接 the) the sea 大海 3 (often in pl. 常用复数) a very large expanse or quantity of anything 一大片；广阔无垠 oceans of time 大量的时间 □ oceanward adv. (also 亦作 -wards)[Middle English via Old French occean and Latin oceanus from Greek ōkeanos ‘the great stream encircling the earth's disc, the Atlantic’] |