marine

• adj. 船舶的；海生的；海产的；航海的，海运的
• n. 海运业；舰队；水兵；（海军）士兵或军官
• n. (Marine)人名；(西)马里内；(英)马林

词态变化

中文词源

来自mare,海，-ine,形容词后缀。

英文词源

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 sælic.

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."

"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]

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."

双语例句

1. The phosphate was deposited by the decay of marine microorganisms.

海洋微生物腐烂后沉积形成磷酸盐。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Marine insurance is governed by a strict series of rules and regulations.

关于海险有一系列严格的规章制度对其作了规定。

来自柯林斯例句

3. Bezanik is diving to collect marine organisms.

贝扎尼奇正在潜水采集海洋生物。

来自柯林斯例句

4. Marine life was discovered at depths previously thought to be azoic.

在先前被认为没有任何生命迹象的海洋深处发现了海洋生物。

来自《权威词典》

5. the richness and variety of marine life

海洋生物的丰富多样

来自《权威词典》