oceanic

海洋の

海、特に大陸の間に広がる大きな海に関係する。

やさしい英語で： Connected with the sea, especially the large areas of sea between continents.

• Oceanic currents carry warm water north.
• The scientists studied oceanic temperatures.
• These islands have an oceanic climate.

類義語： marine

よく使う表現： oceanic currents, oceanic crust, oceanic climate

外洋性の

岸や海底から離れた、開けた海にすむ。

やさしい英語で： Living in the open sea, away from the coast or sea floor.

• This oceanic fish rarely approaches the coast.
• Oceanic birds may spend months far from land.
• Researchers tracked several oceanic species across deep waters.

類義語： pelagic

よく使う表現： oceanic species, oceanic fish, oceanic birds

広大な、海のように広い

海のように、非常に大きい、または深い。

やさしい英語で： Extremely large or deep, like the sea.

• She felt an oceanic sadness.
• His imagination had an oceanic breadth.
• An oceanic silence seemed to fill the empty house.

類義語： vast, immense, boundless

よく使う表現： oceanic grief, oceanic feeling, oceanic vastness