sea

柯林斯詞典

1. N-SING Thesea is the salty water that covers about three-quarters of the Earth's surface. 海洋['the' N, also 'by' N]
Most of the kids have never seen the sea. 這些孩子中的大多數(shù)從沒見過大海。
2. N-PLURAL You use seas when you are describing the sea at a particular time or in a particular area. (某時、某區(qū)域的) 海[文學(xué)性]
He drowned after 30 minutes in the rough seas. 他在波濤洶涌的海里掙扎了30分鐘后溺死了。
3. N-COUNT/N-IN-NAMES A sea is a large area of salty water that is part of an ocean or is surrounded by land. (作為海洋的一部分的或陸地圍起來的) 海
...the North Sea. …北海。
4. PHRASE At sea means on or under the sea, far away from land. 在海上; 在海里
The boats remain at sea for an average of ten days at a time. 這些船平均每次在海上呆10天。
5. PHRASE If you go or look out to sea, you go or look across the sea. 到海上/向海上
...fishermen who go to sea for two weeks at a time. …每次出海兩周的漁民們。