2N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES (五大洋之一的)洋 An ocean is one of the five very large areas of sea on the Earth's surface. (五大洋之一的)洋
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
3N-COUNT 许多;大量 If you say that there is an ocean of something, you are emphasizing that there is a very large amount of it. 许多;大量 [informal, emphasis]
I had cried oceans of tears. [+ of]
我泪流成河。
APEC seems be drowning in an ocean of jargon. [+ of]
亚太经合组织似乎为一大堆空洞的胡言乱语所淹没。
4PHRASE 沧海一粟;九牛一毛 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. 沧海一粟;九牛一毛 [emphasis]
His fee is a drop in the ocean compared with the real cost of broadcasting.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + OCEAN | OCEAN + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤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