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oceanic

/oh-shee-an-ik/US // ˌoʊ ʃiˈæn ɪk //UK // (ˌəʊʃɪˈænɪk) //

海洋性的,海洋性,海洋,海洋的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of, living in, or produced by the ocean: oceanic currents.
    • : Oceanography. of or relating to the region of water lying above the bathyal, abyssal, and hadal zones of the sea bottom.Compare neritic, pelagic.
    • : immensely large; vast: an oceanic expanse of stars.
    • : of or relating to Oceania, its peoples, or their languages.

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Examples

  • Over the past half-century, oceanic sharks and rays have diminished around the globe, an international team of scientists reported on January 27 in the journal Nature.

  • Meanwhile, below the oceans are thin but dense oceanic crusts.

  • As they left the Auckland Islands, two whales visited other oceanic islands—skirting around Macquarie Island and visiting Campbell Island.

  • It comes with this oceanic feeling that you’re in this giant ocean of existence, and that life is a celebration.

  • Each of these extreme weather events was the result of a particular set of atmospheric — and in the case of Laura, oceanic — conditions.

  • John Luther Adams lives up to the title of his composition, capturing an oceanic torrent of sound in an awe-inspiring performance.

  • Rarely so personal, death was more often oceanic and everywhere.

  • These, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, are the worst storms ever to hit the U.S.

  • He falls deep into oceanic silence, interrupted only by the sound of Adele (singing a mediocre Bond anthem), and you know what?

  • Biologists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration doing field research on endangered species?

  • The hundred-fathom line lies far beyond them; these waters, though thoroughly oceanic in character, are not oceanic in depth.

  • With the exception of the occupants of the Malayan Peninsula, all the Oceanic population occupy islands.

  • We continued to have the southern oceanic birds accompany us and a few whales.

  • My feet stand on the oceanic watershed, my eyes roam over this huge system, which I love as my own possession.

  • Lake Huron charms the eye, with the view of its freshness and oceanic expanse.