At·lan·tic /ətˈlæntɪk, æt-/
大西洋(a.)大西洋的
At·lan·tic a.
1. Of or pertaining to Mt. Atlas in Libya, and hence applied to the ocean which lies between Europe and Africa on the east and America on the west; as, the Atlantic Ocean (called also the Atlantic); the Atlantic basin; the Atlantic telegraph.
2. Of or pertaining to the isle of Atlantis.
3. Descended from Atlas.
The seven Atlantic sisters. --Milton.
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Atlantic
adj : relating to or bordering the Atlantic Ocean; "Atlantic
currents"
n : the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on
the west from Europe and Africa on the east [syn: Atlantic
Ocean]