A marina is a small harbour made for pleasure boats — yachts, small sailing boats, boats people take out on weekends — not for big cargo ships. There are walkways, places to tie the boat, and often cafés or shops nearby.

A marina is a small harbour made for pleasure boatsmarina是專門給遊艇之類休閒船隻用的小港口 — yachts, small sailing boats, boats people take out on weekends像是遊艇、小帆船、人們週末開出去玩的船 — not for big cargo ships不是給大型貨船用的。There are walkways有走道, places to tie the boat綁船的地方, and often cafés or shops nearby附近常常還有咖啡廳或商店

It is an everyday word in coastal towns; inland students may only know it from holidays or from pictures.

It is an everyday word in coastal towns在濱海城鎮這是日常詞彙; inland students may only know it from holidays or from pictures內陸的學生可能只有從渡假或照片裡認識這個字

English took it from Italian and Spanish marina, from Latin marinus, “of the sea.” Though actually, Marina is also a woman’s name, from the same “of the sea” family (or, in some tellings, a variant of Maria). If you see Marina with a capital letter in a story, it is probably a person, not a harbour. The harbour word stays ordinary and uncapitalized unless it is part of a place name.

English took it from Italian and Spanish marina英文是從義大利文和西班牙文的marina借來的, from Latin marinus, "of the sea"而那又源自拉丁文marinus，意思是「海的」。Though actually不過其實, Marina is also a woman's nameMarina也是一個女生名字, from the same "of the sea" family來自同一個「海」的字源家族 (or, in some tellings, a variant of Maria)或者在某些說法裡是Maria的變體。If you see Marina with a capital letter in a story如果你在故事裡看到大寫的Marina, it is probably a person, not a harbour那大概是指人，不是港口。The harbour word stays ordinary and uncapitalized港口這個字則維持小寫、普通名詞 unless it is part of a place name除非它是地名的一部分