英汉词典

sea 基本解释

• n. 海；海洋；许多；大量

sea 词态变化

sea 中文词源

来自古英语 sae,水面，海，湖，池塘，来自 Proto-Germanic*saiwaz,水面。后词义专用化指海。

sea 英文词源

sea

sea: [OE] Sea is a widespread Germanic word, related to German see, Dutch zee, Swedish sjö, and Danish sø (the Scandinavian words are now more usually used for ‘lake’ than ‘sea’). These all point back to a prehistoric Germanic *saiwiz, but it is not known where that came from.

sea (n.)

Old English sæ "sheet of water, sea, lake, pool," from Proto-Germanic *saiwaz (cognates: Old Saxon seo, Old Frisian se, Middle Dutch see, Swedish sjö), of unknown origin, outside connections "wholly doubtful" [Buck]. Meaning "large quantity" (of anything) is from c. 1200. Meaning "dark area of the moon's surface" is attested from 1660s (see mare (n.2)).

Germanic languages also use the general Indo-European word (represented by English mere (n.)), but have no firm distinction between "sea" and "lake," either by size, by inland or open, or by salt vs. fresh. This may reflect the Baltic geography where the languages are thought to have originated. The two words are used more or less interchangeably in Germanic, and exist in opposite senses (such as Gothic saiws "lake," marei "sea;" but Dutch zee "sea," meer "lake"). Compare also Old Norse sær "sea," but Danish sø, usually "lake" but "sea" in phrases. German See is "sea" (fem.) or "lake" (masc.). The single Old English word sæ glosses Latin mare, aequor, pontus, pelagus, and marmor.

Phrase sea change "transformation" is attested from 1610, first in Shakespeare ("The Tempest," I.ii). Sea anemone is from 1742; sea legs is from 1712; sea level from 1806; sea urchin from 1590s. At sea in the figurative sense of "perplexed" is attested from 1768, from literal sense of "out of sight of land" (c. 1300).

sea 词组搭配

sea 英文释义

1. a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land

2. anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume

3. turbulent water with swells of considerable size;

"heavy seas"

sea 同义词解析

sea, ocean

这两个名词均可表示"海，海洋"之意。

sea： 普通用词，可用复数形式表单数意义。sea所指的面积要比ocean小得多。sea也可是ocean的一部分。

ocean： 指把海作为一个整体，是海洋的总称，不可数名词，指大洋时是可数名词。

sea 双语例句

1. The shallow sea bed yields up an abundance of food.

浅海床提供了丰富的食物。

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2. The comparison of her life to a sea voyage simplifies her experience.

把她的人生比作一次海上航行不足以说明她丰富的经历。

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3. The ship would lie there mirrored in a perfectly unmoving glossy sea.

船会停靠在那里，映衬在一片波澜不兴的湛蓝海水之中。

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4. Among the most spectacular sights are the great sea-bird colonies.

庞大的海鸟群是最壮观的景象之一。

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5. A gale was blowing and the sea was choppy.

狂风大作，海面上波浪起伏。

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sea 实用场景例句

to travel by sea

海上旅行

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a cottage by the sea

海滨小屋

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The waste was dumped in the sea .

废物倒入海中。

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The wreck is lying at the bottom of the sea.

沉船躺在海底。

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We left port and headed for the open sea (= far away from land) .

我们离开港口，向外海驶去。

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the cold seas of the Arctic

北极地区寒冷的海洋

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a sea voyage

海上航行

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a hotel room with sea view

看得见大海的旅馆客房

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the North Sea

北海

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the Caspian Sea

里海

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It was a calm sea.

海上风平浪静。

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The sea was very rough.

海上风急浪高。

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He looked down at the sea of smiling faces before him.

他看着眼前这笑脸的海洋。

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It happened on the second night at sea.

事情发生在出海后的第二天夜里。

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They were lost at sea .

他们在海上迷失了方向。

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I'm all at sea with these new regulations.

我全然不懂这些新的规章。

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She fell overboard and was swept out to sea.

她从船上落入水中，被海浪冲向外海。

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Most of the kids have never seen the sea...

多数孩子从未见过海。

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All transport operations, whether by sea, rail or road, are closely monitored at all times.

所有的交通活动，无论是通过海路、铁路还是公路，都时刻受到密切监视。

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He drowned after 30 minutes in the rough seas...

他在汹涌的海浪中挣扎了 30 分钟后淹死了。

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The seas are warm further south.

海水的温度越往南越高。

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...the North Sea.

北海

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...the huge inland sea of Turkana.

图尔卡纳浩瀚的内陆海

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Down below them was the sea of upturned faces...

他们下面是无数张仰望的脸。

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His eyes ran over the sea of bottles and glasses on the table.

他扫了一眼满桌的瓶子和玻璃杯。

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If you had never seen a telly ad, you would be all at sea with popular culture.

如果你从没看过电视广告，你就搞不懂什么是大众文化。

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The boats remain at sea for an average of ten days at a time...

这些船只每次在海上平均航行 10 天。

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His body was found at sea in waters off the Canary Islands.

他的尸体在离加那利群岛不远的海上被发现。

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...fishermen who go to sea for two weeks at a time...

每次出海两周的渔夫们

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He pointed out to sea.

他指向大海。

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