marine
英 [m?'ri?n]
美[m?'rin]
- adj. 船舶的；海生的；海產的；航海的，海運的
- n. 海運業；艦隊；水兵；（海軍）士兵或軍官
- n. (Marine)人名；(西)馬里內；(英)馬林
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詞態變化
復數:?marines;
中文詞源
marine 海的
來自mare,海，-ine,形容詞后綴。
英文詞源
- marine
- marine: [15] The Latin word for ‘sea’ was mare (borrowed into English in the 19th century as a term for any of the sea-like dark areas on the moon). It goes back to Indo-European *mori-, *mari-, which also produced Russian more ‘sea’, Welsh mor ‘sea’, and English mere ‘lake’ (the mer- of mermaid). The Romance-language terms for ‘sea’ (French mer, Italian and Romanian mare, and Spanish mar) are descended from it. And its derived adjective, marīnus, has given English marine (and mariner [13]). Maritime [16] is another derivative. Marina [19] was borrowed from Italian.
=> marinade, maritime, mere - marine (adj.)
- early 15c., "pertaining to the sea," from Middle French marin, from Old French marin "of the sea, maritime," from Latin marinus "of the sea," from mare "sea, the sea, seawater," from PIE *mori- "body of water, lake" (see mere (n.)). The Old English word was s?lic.
- marine (n.)
- 14c., "seacoast;" see marine (adj.). Meaning "collective shipping of a country" is from 1660s. Meaning "soldier who serves on a ship" is from 1670s, a separate borrowing from French marine, from the French adjective. Phrase tell that to the marines (1806) originally was the first half of a retort expressing skepticism:
"Upon my soul, sir," answered the lieutenant, "when I thought she scorned my passion, I wept like a child."
The book, a rollicking sea romance/adventure novel, was popular in its day and the remark is a recurring punch line in it (repeated at least four times). It was written by naval veteran John Davis (1774-1854) but published under the name John Moore. Walsh records that, "The marines are among the 'jolly' jack-tars a proverbially gullible lot, capable of swallowing any yarn, in size varying from a yawl-boat to a full-rigged frigate."
"Belay there!" cried the captain; "you may tell that to the marines, but I'll be d----d if the sailors will believe it." ["John Moore," "The Post-Captain; or, the Wooden Walls Well Manned," 1805]
雙語例句
- 1. The phosphate was deposited by the decay of marine microorganisms.
- 海洋微生物腐爛后沉積形成磷酸鹽。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Marine insurance is governed by a strict series of rules and regulations.
- 關于海險有一系列嚴格的規章制度對其作了規定。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Bezanik is diving to collect marine organisms.
- 貝扎尼奇正在潛水采集海洋生物。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Marine life was discovered at depths previously thought to be azoic.
- 在先前被認為沒有任何生命跡象的海洋深處發現了海洋生物。
來自《權威詞典》
- 5. the richness and variety of marine life
- 海洋生物的豐富多樣
來自《權威詞典》
