- 1n/ətˈlæntɪk/the Atlantic Ocean大西洋
The large ocean between the Americas on one side and Europe and Africa on the other. Speakers also use the name to point at the land on the far side, so 'across the Atlantic' means the United States to a British speaker and Britain or western Europe to an American one.
Atlantic 是大西洋。前面幾乎一定加 the。完整說法是 the Atlantic Ocean。它把美洲跟歐洲、非洲隔開。還有一個用法要特別注意。英文常用 across the Atlantic 或 on the other side of the Atlantic 來指海那一邊的國家。句子表面在講海，其實在講人。英國人這樣說時通常指美國。美國人這樣說時通常指英國或西歐。所以要看是誰在講。
示範例句 · Example
Their flight crossed the Atlantic in eleven hours.
中文翻譯「他們的班機在十一個小時內橫越了大西洋。」
It almost always takes the: the Atlantic, or in full the Atlantic Ocean. The second use is worth watching, because the sentence looks like it is about water when it is really about people — 'scientists on both sides of the Atlantic' means scientists in America and in Europe. Which country it points at depends on who is speaking, so read it from the speaker's own side of the water.
常見搭配
cross the Atlantic
橫越大西洋
to travel from one side of the Atlantic Ocean to the other
The old ships took two weeks to cross the Atlantic.
across the Atlantic
在大西洋的另一邊
on or to the other side of the Atlantic Ocean
Her first book sold well across the Atlantic.
on both sides of the Atlantic
在大西洋兩岸（美洲和歐洲）
in both America and Europe
The song was a hit on both sides of the Atlantic.
意思相近
the Atlantic Ocean
- 2a/ətˈlæntɪk/of the Atlantic大西洋的
In the Atlantic Ocean, next to it, or coming from it.
Atlantic 當形容詞時放在名詞前面。它說明「在大西洋、靠近大西洋，或來自大西洋」。例如 the Atlantic coast（大西洋沿岸）。例如 Atlantic salmon（大西洋鮭魚）。也可以說 an Atlantic storm。注意「靠近」也算。所以它不只指海，也可以指海邊的陸地。開頭的 A 要大寫，因為它是從海洋的名字來的。它沒有比較級。不會說 more Atlantic。
It goes in front of a noun and says where something is or where it comes from: the Atlantic coast, Atlantic salmon, an Atlantic storm. It keeps the capital A because it is built on the name of the ocean, and it has no comparative form, so nothing is 'more Atlantic'. Because 'next to it' counts, the word also covers the land along the shore, not only the water.
常見搭配
the Atlantic coast
大西洋沿岸
the land along the edge of the Atlantic Ocean
Her village sits on the Atlantic coast.
Atlantic salmon
大西洋鮭魚
a kind of salmon that lives in the Atlantic Ocean
The shop sells fresh Atlantic salmon on Fridays.
an Atlantic storm
大西洋形成的風暴
a storm that forms over the Atlantic Ocean
An Atlantic storm closed the ferry route.