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oceanography

/oh-shuh-nog-ruh-fee, oh-shee-uh-/US // ˌoʊ ʃəˈnɒg rə fi, ˌoʊ ʃi ə- //UK // (ˌəʊʃəˈnɒɡrəfɪ, ˌəʊʃɪə-) //

海洋学,海洋學,海水学

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the branch of physical geography dealing with the ocean.

Examples

  • If the last century of exploring the solar system was about coming to grips with alien geology, Hansen says, this coming century is going to be about oceanography — getting a grip on the strange seas in our own solar system.

  • Going it alone would “be equivalent to a microbiologist studying microbes in the ocean and not knowing anything about oceanography,” he says.

  • Then as now, the magazine’s readers feasted on a smorgasbord of delicious tidbits from a menu encompassing all flavors of science — from the atom to outer space, from agriculture to oceanography, from transportation to, of course, food and nutrition.

  • They followed the asphalt avenue, between two narrow dense gardens, leading to the Museum of Oceanography.

  • The Museum of Oceanography could wait; it would not move away during his absence from the point on the rock of Monaco.

  • The Casino spread its influence in every direction, reaching even the Museum of Oceanography.

  • At present he was standing on an asphalt square, opposite the steps of the Museum of Oceanography.

  • Thalassog′raphy, the science of the ocean, oceanography; Thalassom′eter, a tide-gauge.