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marine

adjective
 
🔊/məˈriːn/
🔊/məˈriːn/
[only before noun]
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  1.  
    connected with the sea and the creatures and plants that live there海的；海产的；海生的
    • marine life海洋生物
    • a marine biologist (= a scientist who studies life in the sea)海洋生物学家
    Topics Geographyc1
  2. connected with ships or trade at sea海船的；货船的；海上贸易的Topics Transport by waterc1
    3. Word OriginMiddle English (as a noun in the sense ‘seashore’): from Old French marin, marine, from Latin marinus, from mare ‘sea’.

marine

noun
🔊/məˈriːn/
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  1. a soldier who is trained to serve on land or at sea, especially one in the US Marine Corps or the British Royal Marines（尤指美国或英国皇家）海军陆战队士兵
    Extra Examples
    • My brother has joined the marines.我的兄弟加入了海军陆战队。
    • He's in the Marines.他在海军陆战队服役。
    • in the mercantile marine在商船上
    • to send in the marines派遣海军陆战队
    Topics War and conflictc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryMarine is used after these nouns:
    • merchant
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    Word OriginMiddle English (as a noun in the sense ‘seashore’): from Old French marin, marine, from Latin marinus, from mare ‘sea’.