Arctic Ocean的词源

英文词源

Dead Sea

mid-13c., from dead (adj.) + sea; its water is 26 percent salt (as opposed to 3 or 4 percent in most oceans) and supports practically no life. In the Bible it was the "Salt Sea" (Hebrew yam hammelah), also "Sea of the Plain" and "East Sea." In Arabic it is al-bahr al-mayyit "Dead Sea." The ancient Greeks knew it as he Thalassa asphaltites "the Asphaltite Sea." Latin Mare Mortum, Greek he nekra thalassa (both "The Dead Sea") referred to the sea at the northern boundaries of Europe, the Arctic Ocean.

中文词源

Arctic Ocean（北冰洋）：靠近北极的大洋

中国的古人用北斗七星来辨别北方，西方人则用包含了北斗七星的“大熊星座”来辨识北方。希腊语arktos表示“熊”，引申表示“大熊星座”。因此正对着大熊星座的方向就被称为arctic，也就是“北极的”。北冰洋大部分位于北极圈内，所以被称为ArcticOcean，字面意思就是“靠近北极的大洋”。

Arctic：['ɑːktɪk]n.北极圈adj.北极的，极寒的

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