sea

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n. 海, 海洋, 海浪, 大量 [法] 海, 海洋

发音

UK /seɪ/
/siː/
US /seɪ/

词形变化

seas 复数 seas

别名

SLAM trap

教材释义与例句

名词

海;海洋;许多;大量

the large area of salty water that covers much of the Earth's surface

Jay stripped his clothes off and ran into the sea.

杰伊脱光衣服奔入海里。

Most exports went by sea .

大部分出口商品都走海路。

a little cottage by the sea

一座海滨小屋

He spent over 30 years at sea .

他在船上工作了30多年。

They stood side by side looking out to sea .

他们并排站着眺望大海。

释义与例句

n. A1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    A large body of salt water.

  2. 2.

    A large body of salt water.

    The ocean; the continuous body of salt water covering a majority of the Earth's surface.

  3. 3.

    A large body of salt water.

    A body of salt water smaller than an ocean, generally forming part of, or connecting with, an ocean or a larger sea.

    The Mediterranean Sea, the Caribbean Sea, the Sea of Crete, etc.

  4. 4.

    A single wave; billow.

  5. 5.

    A large, dark plain of rock; a mare.

    天文

    The Apollo 11 mission landed in the Sea of Tranquility.

  6. 6.

    A lake, especially if large or if salty or brackish.

    The Caspian Sea, the Sea of Galilee, the Salton Sea, etc.

  7. 7.

    The swell of the sea, especially when high or rough.

    2020 June 8, National Weather Service Boston, 2:38 PM EDT marine forecast High pressure will maintain light winds and flat seas through Tue night. ... Potential for briefly choppy 3 ft seas near South Coast...

  8. 8.

    Living or used in or on the sea; of, near, or like the sea.

    定语

    Seaman, sea gauge, sea monster, sea horse, sea level, seaworthy, seaport, seaboard, etc.

  9. 9.

    Anything resembling the vastness or turbulence of the sea in mass, size or quantity.

    比喻
  10. 10.

    A constant flux of gluons splitting into quarks, which annihilate to produce further gluons.

    物理
  11. 11.

    A very large lake of liquid hydrocarbon.

    天文

词汇关系

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词源

Inherited from Middle English see, from Old English sǣ, from Proto-West Germanic *saiwi (“body of water”), from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz, itself either: * Derived from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂ey-wo- (“to be fierce, afflict”). Related to Latin saevus (“wild, fierce”), Tocharian B saiwe (“itch”), and Latvian sievs, sīvs (“sharp, biting”). More at sore. * Derived from Proto-Germanic *sīhwaną (“to percolate, filter”), from Proto-Indo-European *seykʷ-. Cognates Cognate with Yola zea, zee (“sea”), North Frisian See, sia, siie (“sea; lake”), Saterland Frisian See, Säi (“sea”), West Frisian see (“sea”), Cimbrian, Mòcheno sea (“lake”), Dutch zee (“sea”), German, German Low German See (“sea”), Limburgish Sië, zieë (“sea, ocean; lake”), Luxembourgish Séi (“lake”), West Flemish zji (“sea; seaside”), Danish sø (“sea; lake”), Faroese sjógvur (“sea; big wave”), Icelandic sjár, sjór, sær (“sea”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk sjø (“sea, ocean; lake”), Swedish sjö (“sea; lake; big wave”), Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍅𐍃 (saiws, “lake, sea; marshland”).

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