o·cean

noun

/ˈəʊʃn/

Idioms

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(usually the ocean)
[singular] (especially North American English) the mass of salt water that covers most of the earth’s surface大海；海洋
- The ship was dredged from the depths of the ocean.这艘船是从大洋深处打捞出来的。
- People were swimming in the ocean despite the hurricane warning.尽管有飓风警报，人们仍然在大海里游泳。
- The plane hit the ocean several miles offshore.飞机在距离海岸数英里处坠入大海。
- Our beach house is just a couple of miles from the ocean.我家滨海的房子离大海只有几英里。
- ships large enough to sail the open ocean 足够大的船只可以在公海航行
- an ocean liner远洋客轮
- a species of fish that lives on the ocean floor 一种生活在海底的鱼类
- El Nino is a warm ocean current that appears off the coast of Peru during the winter. 厄尔尼诺现象是冬季秘鲁海岸出现的一股温暖洋流。
- Ocean levels are rising.海平面正在上升。
Extra Examples
- Before him lay the vast, endless ocean.他眼前是辽阔的海洋，一望无际。
- Various toxic substances have been dumped in the ocean.多种有毒物质被倾倒进海洋。
Topics Geographya2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- deep
- vast
- great
- …
verb + ocean
- cross
- sail
- explore
- …
ocean + noun
- depths
- surface
- bed
- …
preposition
- across the ocean
- in the ocean
phrases
- the bottom of the ocean
- the depths of the ocean
- the middle of the ocean
- …
(usually Ocean)
[countable] one of the five large areas that the ocean is divided into（五大洋之一的）洋
- the Antarctic/Arctic/Atlantic/Indian/Pacific Ocean南极海；北冰洋；大西洋；印度洋；太平洋
- They travelled across oceans in search of a new life. 他们漂洋过海寻找新的生活。
British/American sea / ocean
sea / ocean
- In British English, the usual word for the mass of salt water that covers most of the earth’s surface is the sea. In North American English, the usual word is the ocean:
  A swimmer drowned in the sea/ocean this morning.今天早上一名游泳者在海里淹死了。
- The names of particular areas of seas, however, are fixed:
  the Mediterranean Sea地中海
  the Atlantic Ocean.大西洋。
- Sea/ocean are also used if you go to the coast on holiday:
  We’re spending a week by the sea/at the ocean in June.我们六月份要在海滨度假一个星期。
  In North American English it is also common to say:
  We’re going to the beach for vacation.我们要去海滨度假。
Extra Examples
- a vessel which can explore the depths of the great oceans能在大洋深处进行勘探的船
- great ships that sailed the oceans of the world在世界各大洋上航行的巨轮
- penguins of the southern oceans南大洋的企鹅
- trade across the Atlantic Ocean跨越大西洋的贸易往来
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- deep
- vast
- great
- …
verb + ocean
- cross
- sail
- explore
- …
ocean + noun
- depths
- surface
- bed
- …
preposition
- across the ocean
- in the ocean
phrases
- the bottom of the ocean
- the depths of the ocean
- the middle of the ocean
- …

Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French occean, via Latin from Greek ōkeanos ‘great stream encircling the earth's disc’. “The ocean” originally referred to the whole body of water thought to encompass the earth's single land mass.

Idioms

a drop in the ocean (British English)

(North American English a drop in the bucket)

an amount of something that is too small or unimportant to make any real difference to a situation沧海一粟；九牛一毛
- The amount of money raised was a drop in the ocean compared to what we needed.与我们所需要的相比，筹集到的资金只是沧海一粟。

an ocean of something

(also oceans of something)

(informal) a large amount of something大量；丰富；众多；充裕

单词	ocean
释义	o·cean noun /ˈəʊʃn/ /ˈəʊʃn/ Idioms enlarge image (usually the ocean) [singular] (especially North American English) the mass of salt water that covers most of the earth’s surface大海；海洋 The ship was dredged from the depths of the ocean.这艘船是从大洋深处打捞出来的。 People were swimming in the ocean despite the hurricane warning.尽管有飓风警报，人们仍然在大海里游泳。 The plane hit the ocean several miles offshore.飞机在距离海岸数英里处坠入大海。 Our beach house is just a couple of miles from the ocean.我家滨海的房子离大海只有几英里。 ships large enough to sail the open ocean 足够大的船只可以在公海航行 an ocean liner远洋客轮 a species of fish that lives on the ocean floor 一种生活在海底的鱼类 El Nino is a warm ocean current that appears off the coast of Peru during the winter. 厄尔尼诺现象是冬季秘鲁海岸出现的一股温暖洋流。 Ocean levels are rising.海平面正在上升。 Extra Examples Before him lay the vast, endless ocean.他眼前是辽阔的海洋，一望无际。 Various toxic substances have been dumped in the ocean.多种有毒物质被倾倒进海洋。 Topics Geographya2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective deep vast great … verb + ocean cross sail explore … ocean + noun depths surface bed … preposition across the ocean in the ocean phrases the bottom of the ocean the depths of the ocean the middle of the ocean … (usually Ocean) [countable] one of the five large areas that the ocean is divided into（五大洋之一的）洋 the Antarctic/Arctic/Atlantic/Indian/Pacific Ocean南极海；北冰洋；大西洋；印度洋；太平洋 They travelled across oceans in search of a new life. 他们漂洋过海寻找新的生活。 British/American sea / oceansea / ocean In British English, the usual word for the mass of salt water that covers most of the earth’s surface is the sea. In North American English, the usual word is the ocean: A swimmer drowned in the sea/ocean this morning.今天早上一名游泳者在海里淹死了。 The names of particular areas of seas, however, are fixed: the Mediterranean Sea地中海 the Atlantic Ocean.大西洋。 Sea/ocean are also used if you go to the coast on holiday: We’re spending a week by the sea/at the ocean in June.我们六月份要在海滨度假一个星期。 In North American English it is also common to say: We’re going to the beach for vacation.我们要去海滨度假。 Extra Examples a vessel which can explore the depths of the great oceans能在大洋深处进行勘探的船 great ships that sailed the oceans of the world在世界各大洋上航行的巨轮 penguins of the southern oceans南大洋的企鹅 trade across the Atlantic Ocean跨越大西洋的贸易往来 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective deep vast great … verb + ocean cross sail explore … ocean + noun depths surface bed … preposition across the ocean in the ocean phrases the bottom of the ocean the depths of the ocean the middle of the ocean … Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French occean, via Latin from Greek ōkeanos ‘great stream encircling the earth's disc’. “The ocean” originally referred to the whole body of water thought to encompass the earth's single land mass. Idioms a drop in the ocean (British English) (North American English a drop in the bucket) an amount of something that is too small or unimportant to make any real difference to a situation沧海一粟；九牛一毛 The amount of money raised was a drop in the ocean compared to what we needed.与我们所需要的相比，筹集到的资金只是沧海一粟。 an ocean of something (also oceans of something) (informal) a large amount of something大量；丰富；众多；充裕
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