Pacific

參見：pacific、pacífic 和 Pacífic

英语

词源

源自拉丁語 pācificus (“带来和平的”)，麦哲伦在驶过合恩角得以平安地渡过太平洋，因此他如此命名这片海洋。

专有名词

the Pacific

1. 太平洋
   • 1942 [1942年10月22日]，Kai-shek Chiang，“Endurance, conscientiousness”, in All We Are and All We Have‎^[1]，New York: Chinese News Service, →OCLC，頁 45:

     When our last plenary session was held in November of last year the Pacific was threatened with imminent outbreak of war. Since the subsequent beginning of the Japanese campaign of aggression in that ocean, China, in the company of her allies, has become the most important member of the forces fighting on the continent of East Asia.

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

2. 自治市名，位於美国密苏里州富兰克林县。

衍生词汇

• trans-Pacific
• transpacific

名词

Pacific (複數 Pacifics)

 4-6-2在英語維基百科上的資料

1. (鐵路運輸) 蒸汽机车的4-6-2车轮配置

形容词

Pacific (無比較級)

1. 太平洋的

衍生词汇

• Indo-Pacific
• Pacific blackchin
• Pacific County
• Pacific Daylight Time
• Pacific diver
• Pacific herring
• Pacific Islander
• Pacific Islands
• Pacific koel
• Pacific loon
• Pacific Northwest
• Pacific Rim
• Pacific silver fir
• Pacific Standard Time