1859, coined in English from ocean + -graphy; on analogy of geography. French océanographie is attested from 1580s but is said to have been rare before 1876. Related: Oceanographic.
双语例句
1. The latest techniques in oceanography are now available to many more scientists.
更多的科学家现在能够接触到海洋学的最新技术。
来自柯林斯例句
2. How did you become interested in oceanography?
你是怎样对海洋学产生兴趣的?
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. Within a few years oceanography was under way.
几年以后,开始了海洋学的研究.
来自中级百科部分
4. The theory of tidal friction is the concern of dynamic oceanography.
潮夕摩擦理论是海洋动力学的课题.
来自辞典例句
5. Oceanography has been defined as " The application of all science to the study of the sea ".
