A：How are the shirts packed?
      襯衫怎樣包裝？

B：They're packed in cardboard boxes.
      它們用紙板箱包裝。

A：I'm afraid the cardboard boxes are not strong enough for ocean transportation.
      我擔(dān)心遠(yuǎn)洋運(yùn)輸用紙板箱不夠結(jié)實(shí)。

1. 海洋；大海
    The ocean is the sea.

    e.g. There were few sights as beautiful as the calm ocean on a warm night.
           鮮有景致能與溫暖夜色下風(fēng)平浪靜的大海媲美。

2. （五大洋之一的）洋
    An ocean is one of the five very large areas of sea on the Earth's surface.

ocean

    e.g. They spent many days cruising the northern Pacific Ocean.
           他們在北太平洋航行了很多天。
    e.g. ...the Indian Ocean.
           印度洋

3. 許多；大量
    If you say that there is an ocean of something, you are emphasizing that there is a very large amount of it.

    e.g. I had cried oceans of tears...
           我淚流成河。
    e.g. APEC seems be drowning in an ocean of jargon.
           亞太經(jīng)合組織似乎為一大堆空洞的胡言亂語所淹沒。

4. 滄海一粟;九牛一毛
    If you say that something is a drop in the ocean, you mean that it is a very small amount which is unimportant compared to the cost of other things or is so small that it has very little effect on something.

ocean

    e.g. His fee is a drop in the ocean compared with the real cost of broadcasting.
           同播出的實(shí)際開支相比較，他那點(diǎn)酬金不過是九牛一毛。