ocean
n. 洋; 海洋; 大海; (地球上划分出的)洋
The ocean is the sea.
There were few sights as beautiful as the calm ocean on a warm night.
鲜有景致能与温暖夜色下风平浪静的大海媲美。
An ocean is one of the five very large areas of sea on the Earth's surface.
They spent many days cruising the northern Pacific Ocean.
他们在北太平洋航行了很多天。
...the Indian Ocean.
印度洋
If you say that there is an ocean of something, you are emphasizing that there is a very large amount of it.
I had cried oceans of tears...
我泪流成河。
APEC seems be drowning in an ocean of jargon.
亚太经合组织似乎为一大堆空洞的胡言乱语所淹没。
If you say that something is a drop in the ocean, you mean that it is a very small amount which is unimportant compared to the cost of other things or is so small that it has very little effect on something.
His fee is a drop in the ocean compared with the real cost of broadcasting.
同播出的实际开支相比较,他那点酬金不过是九牛一毛。
1. a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere
2. anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume
sea, ocean
这两个名词均可表示"海,海洋"之意。
The cape extends far into the ocean.
那海岬伸向海洋远处.
The water in the ocean is all saltwater.
海洋中的水都是盐水.
The Indian Ocean is on the south of Asia.
印度洋位于亚洲南部.
One afternoon, she went for a swim in the ocean.
一天下午她到海里去游泳.
The Pacific Ocean is the biggest ocean in the earth.
太平洋是地球上最大的海洋.