ocean
英 ['əʊʃ(ə)n]
美 ['oʃən]
- n. 海洋；大量；廣闊
- n. (Ocean)人名；(羅)奧切安
助記提示
在希臘羅馬神話中，大洋河流之神俄刻阿諾斯（希臘語中寫作“Ôkeanos”，拉丁語中寫作“Oceanus”）是天神烏拉諾斯和地神該亞的兒子，12泰坦神之一。他娶了妹妹泰西斯（Téthys）為妻，後者為他生了三千個海洋女仙（Océanides）。
在表現俄刻阿諾斯的形象時，人們往往將其刻畫成一個從容不迫地立於驚濤駭浪中、被眾多海怪所簇擁的白胡子老頭。
1112年，“oceanus”一詞寫作“occean”。1160年，“occean”演變為“océan”，被用來指稱地球表麵的大片鹹水域。
中文詞源
英文詞源
- ocean
- ocean: [13] In Greek mythology, ōkeanós was a great river or sea that completely encircled the world. This was personified as Ōkeanós, a Titan who was god of this outer sea. The name passed into English via Latin ōceanus and Old French occean, and to begin with was used only for this mythical sea, or for the whole body of water surrounding the Eurasian landmass, with which it was identified. Not until the end of the 14th century did it begin to be applied to large individual sections of the Earth’s seas.
- ocean (n.)
- late 13c., from Old French occean "ocean" (12c., Modern French océan), from Latin oceanus, from Greek okeanos, the great river or sea surrounding the disk of the Earth (as opposed to the Mediterranean), of unknown origin. Personified as Oceanus, son of Uranus and Gaia and husband of Tethys. In early times, when the only known land masses were Eurasia and Africa, the ocean was an endless river that flowed around them. Until c. 1650, commonly ocean sea, translating Latin mare oceanum. Application to individual bodies of water began 14c.; there are usually reckoned to be five of them, but this is arbitrary; also occasionally applied to smaller subdivisions, such as German Ocean "North Sea."
雙語例句
- 1. It became impractical to make a business trip by ocean liner.
- 乘坐遠洋班輪進行商務旅行變得不合時宜了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. His abiding passion was ocean racing, at which he scored many successes.
- 他一直酷愛海上賽艇，並多次在比賽中獲勝。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. APEC seems be drowning in an ocean of jargon.
- 亞太經合組織似乎為一大堆空洞的胡言亂語所淹沒。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Our boat would not have been appropriate for ocean voyaging.
- 我們的船隻本不適合海上航行。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. More than 20 helicopters began swooping in low over the ocean.
- 20多架直升機開始下降向海麵俯衝。
來自柯林斯例句