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IELTS BNC: 3015 COCA: 1842

ocean

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Related topics: Geography, Oceanography
o·cean /ˈəʊʃən $ ˈoʊ-/ ●●● S3 W2 noun  
1  the ocean especially American EnglishAmEDNSG the great mass of salt water that covers most of the Earth’s surface 海洋，大海 SYN the sea
 She stood on the beach, gazing at the ocean.
她站在海滩上，凝视着大海。
 I like to swim in the ocean when it’s warm enough.
海水足够暖的时候，我喜欢在海里游泳。
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the ocean• She stood on the beach, gazing at the ocean.
2  [countableC]SGHEO one of the very large areas of sea on the Earth’s surface …洋
 the Pacific Ocean
太平洋
3  oceans of something informalLOT/LARGE NUMBER OR AMOUNT a lot of something, especially a liquid 大量[许多]某物〔尤指液体〕
 oceans of champagne
大量的香槟
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oceans of something• oceans of collected data• Lunch and oceans of bubbly will be served here in the vaulted chalk cellars.• I dolled myself up after the bath. Oceans of Mitsouko.• You stayed up all night, you ate, you drank, you stayed thin and you had oceans of energy.• Lucy's body shuddered, oceans of sweat bound them, tide-tossed, tempest-tossed, redeemed.
→ a drop in the ocean at drop2(8)
n GRAMMAR: Patterns with ocean
in the ocean
You use in the ocean to talk about things that happen in the water:
We swam in the ocean.
There are thousands of species of fish in the ocean.
on the ocean
You use on the ocean to talk about things that happen on the surface of the water:
He dreamed of buying a yacht and sailing on the ocean.
by the ocean
You use by the ocean to talk about the area near the ocean:
I’d love to live by the ocean.
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ocean• It is also worth thinking about the possibility that rearrangements of the continents and oceans would themselves have considerable climatic effects.• Amid the barren ocean floor swarmed legions of bizarre, new animals.• These shells, which came from the great oceans, impart sacred knowledge.• You think I let her scare me about that ocean?• Everything was hygienically sluiced away by the ocean.• About 100 tons of contaminated sediments still lie on the ocean floor.• Obviously if we close up the ocean again, the resemblances would not be so startling.• You could get seasick at the top watching the clouds scudding across a full moon in a vast ocean of space.
Origin ocean
(1200-1300) Latin oceanus, from Greek Okeanos name of a river believed to flow around the world
o·cean noun →n GRAMMAR1
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IELTS BNC: 3015 COCA: 1842
ocean

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + OCEAN | OCEAN + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤deep深海▸➤vast廣闊的海洋▸➤great大洋◇a vessel which can explore the depths of the great oceans能在大洋深處進行勘探的船➤blue藍海▸➤open公海◇A storm started up once we got out into the open ocean.我們一進入公海就下起了暴風雨。➤calm, rough平靜的／洶湧的海洋➤endless (literary) 無邊無際的海洋◇Before him lay the vast, endless ocean.他眼前是遼闊的海洋，一望無際。➤cold, frozen冰冷的／冰封的海洋▸➤tropical, warm熱帶海洋；溫暖的海洋▸➤southern南大洋◇penguins of the southern oceans南大洋的企鵝➤coastal (NAmE) 近海VERB + OCEAN➤cross, sail橫渡大洋；駛過海洋▸➤explore勘探海洋➤go in, swim in (both especially NAmE) 駛入大洋；在大洋中游動➤overlook (especially NAmE) 俯視大洋◇a beach house overlooking the ocean一座能眺望大海的海濱別墅OCEAN + NOUN➤depths海洋深處◇the darkness of the ocean depths海洋深處的黑暗➤surface海面▸➤bed, bottom, floor海牀；海底▸➤basin海洋盆地▸➤water海水➤ecosystem海洋生態系統▸➤wave海浪◇a life on the ocean wave (= at sea) 海上生活➤current, tides洋流；海潮➤air, breeze (both especially NAmE) 海上微風▸➤voyage海上航行▸➤liner遠洋客輪➤view海景➤blue海藍色PREPOSITION➤across the ocean跨海◇trade across the Atlantic Ocean跨越大西洋的貿易往來➤in the ocean在海裏◇Various toxic substances have been dumped in the ocean.多種有毒物質被傾倒進海洋。PHRASES➤the bottom of the ocean, the depths of the ocean, the middle of the ocean, the surface of the ocean海底；海洋深處；大洋中央；洋面▸➤the oceans of the world, the world's oceans地球上的海洋◇great ships that sailed the oceans of the world在世界各大洋上航行的巨輪
IELTS BNC: 3015 COCA: 1842
ocean noun
⇨ sea
IELTS BNC: 3015 COCA: 1842

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