ocean

1. N-SING The ocean is the sea. 大海

There were few sights as beautiful as the calm ocean on a warm night. 很少有景色像溫煖夜晚的平靜大海那樣美麗。

2. N-COUNT An ocean is one of the five very large areas of sea on the Earth's surface. 洋

They spent many days cruising the northern Pacific Ocean. 他們花了很多天巡遊北太平洋。

3. N-COUNT If you say that there is an ocean of something, you are emphasizing that there is a very large amount of it. 極大量[非正式]

I had cried oceans of tears. 我已哭得淚流成河。

4. PHRASE 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. 滄海一粟[強調(diào)]

His fee is a drop in the ocean compared with the real cost of broadcasting. 他的費用與廣播的實際成本相比是滄海一粟。