ocean oor Xhosa

ocean

/ˈəʊʃən/, /ˈəʊ.ʃən/, /ˈoʊ.ʃən/ naamwoord

One of the five large bodies of water separating the continents.

Vertalings in die woordeboek Engels - Xhosa

Iilwandle

large body of saline water

Oceans cover about 70 percent of the earth, giving them a major role in climate control.
Iilwandle zigubungela ama-70 ekhulwini omhlaba, nto leyo ebangela ukuba zibe negalelo kwimozulu.

ulwandlekazi

one of the large bodies of water

The mark sought for on the route was no visible landmark, but the edge of the continental platform, where the deep ocean suddenly shallows.
Uphawu olwalufunwa endleleni yayingeyobhakana ibonakalayo, koko umphetho weplatfomu yelizwekazi, apho ulwandlekazi olunzulu lukhawuleza lube sisidibi.

Ocean

eienaam

A female given name of modern usage.

voorbeelde

Who made the earth and its animals, trees, oceans?
Ngubani owenza umhlaba nezilwanyana ezikuwo, imithi, iilwandle?

The condition, known as ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP), occurs in tropical and subtropical regions of the Indian and Pacific oceans and in the Caribbean.
Esi sifo, esaziwa ngokuba yiciguatera fish poisoning (CFP), sifumaneka kwimimandla yeleenjiko nakuleyo engezantsi kwayo kulwandlekazi lweIndiya nolwePasifiki nakwiCaribbean.

ITS weather influenced by the warm Indian Ocean, Mozambique enjoys a balmy climate.
NGENXA yoLwandlekazi lweIndiya olushushu, imozulu yaseMozambiki ipholile.

Tankers are the largest ships to sail the oceans and are able to carry up to a million or more barrels of oil.
Zezona nqanawa zinkulu zakha zahamba elwandle yaye zinokuthwala isigidi semiphanda yeoli nangaphezulu.

The outlook in the world’s oceans is no less bleak.
Ukukhangela kwiilwandlekazi zehlabathi akuniki themba ngokufanayo.

Why, to this day researchers have only limited knowledge of oceanic life!
Kaloku, de kube namhlanje abaphengululi banofifi nje ngendalo eselwandle.

There are a number of ocean routes where in addition to break-bulk cargoes it is also necessary to transport bulk cargoes, and also occasionally liquid cargoes.
Zininzi iindlela eziya kumalwandlekazi apho xa usongeza kulwaphulo lomthwalo onzima kuyimfuneko ukuhambisa umthwalo osindayo ngamanye amaxesha ongamanzi umthwalo

But then, at last, Nolitha saw the edge of the earth sink into the vast ocean.
Kodwa ke, ekugqibeleni, uNolitha wasibona isiphelo somhlaba nalapho utshona khona kulwandlekazi olukhulu.

(b) What must be admitted regarding knowledge about the oceans and their distributions on the globe?
(b) Yintoni emele ivunywe ngokuphathelele ulwazi ngeelwandlekazi nokuma kwazo phezu komhlaba?

That branch of science that deals with the features of the ocean.
Lelasebe lezenzululwazi elijongene neempawu zolwandle.

Boyce Thorne-Miller says in his book The Living Ocean: “Nothing specific can save ocean species until a sweeping change in human attitudes is realized.”
Kwincwadi yakhe ethi, The Living Ocean, uBoyce Thorne-Miller uthi: “Akukho nto inokwenziwa ukuze kukhuselwe izidalwa eziselwandle de abantu batshintshe indlela abacinga ngayo.”

The spring of 1934 found me on the deck of the Italian ocean liner Duilio.
Intwasahlobo yowe-1934 yandifumana ndikwinqanawa enkulu yaseItali iDuilio.

We were on the Italian liner Julio Caesar crossing the Atlantic Ocean from New York to Cádiz, Spain.
Sasikwinqanawa yaseItaly iJulio Caesar siwela uLwandlekazi lweAtlantiki sisuka eNew York sisiya eCádiz, eSpeyin.

It extends from the Atlantic Ocean to a maximum of about 100 miles [160 km] inland and is 1,200 miles [1,900 km] long.
Iziikhilomitha ezili-160 ukusuka kuLwandlekazi lweAtlantiki ukuya kutsho kumbindi welizwe elo, yaye iziikhilomitha ezili-1 900 ubude.

These were the first destroyers to be officially described as ocean-going and were 270 feet and 856 tons.
Ezi yayi zezaba tshabalalisi bokuqala ukuchazwa ngoku semthethweni njengenqanawa elungele ukuhamba kulwandle oluvulekileyo kwaye beyimitsi engamakhulu amabini anamashumi asixhenxe nobunzima obuyi856.

Although near the equator, Guyana has a mild climate, thanks to persistent trade winds that blow in from the Atlantic Ocean.
Nangona ikufuphi neikhweyitha iGuyana ayitshisi kakhulu, ipholile nje, loo nto ibangelwa yimimoya ebhudla ivela kuLwandlekazi lweAtlantiki.

Earth’s oceans also play a vital role in cleaning the atmosphere, and man’s activities are ruining them.
Kwakhona iilwandlekazi zomhlaba zineyona ndima ibalulekileyo ekucoceni umoya ojikeleza umhlaba, yaye izinto ezisetyenziswa ngabantu ziyazingcolisa.

From December to February, the harmattan —the hot, dry wind from the Sahara— sweeps across the ocean and covers the islands with sheets of sand and dust.
Ukususela ngoDisemba ukusa kuFebruwari, iharmattan—umoya ozele luthuli, oshushu nowomileyo osuka eSahara—igqitha ngokukhawuleza kulwandlekazi ize yogqume iziqithi ngento eninzi yentlabathi nothuli.

The future development of the roll-on/roll-off traffic on ocean routes will be governed by quite different factors.
Ikamva lenkqubela-phambili lomqulu okhoyo/ongekhoyo lwengxinano kwizihamba-ndlela kwindlela ezikumalwandlekazi izakulawula ngamanqaku ohluka-hlukeneyo.

In ancient times and in the Middle Ages, many thought that a garden of literal delights, the garden of Eden, still existed somewhere, “on top of an inaccessible mountain or across an impassable ocean,” explains historian Jean Delumeau.
Kumaxesha amandulo nakumaXesha Aphakathi, abaninzi babecinga ukuba umyezo wolonwabo lokoqobo, umyezo wase-Eden, wawusekho ndaweni ithile, “kwincopho yentaba engafikelelekiyo okanye phesheya kolwandlekazi olungenakuwelwa,” ucacisa ngelitshoyo umbhali-mbali uJean Delumeau.

To illustrate: Imagine that you are traveling to see the ocean.
Ngokomzekelo: Yiba nomfanekiso-ngqondweni ukuhambo oluya elwandle.

Some now believe that foam in the ocean could have bred life.
Ngoku zimbi zikholelwa ukuba ubomi bavela kugwebu olwaluselwandle.

Beneath the ocean a huge shellfish moves slowly across the rocks, grazing on seaweed that sways in the coastal currents.
Enzulwini yolwandle kukho ishellfish enkulu ephinyela phakathi kwamatye, etya izinto ezimila elwandle.

He climbed mountains, explored rivers, and sailed the oceans.
Wenyuk’ iintaba, wahlol’ imilambo wahamba naselwandle.

The Ocean (1866), the Zealous (1866), the Royal Alfred (1867) and finally the Repulse in 1870, were all put into service.
IOcean (1866), iZealous(1866), iRoyal Alfred (1867) kunye neRepulse ekugqibeleni ngo1870 zonke zasetyenziswa.