seawater
意味
- 海水
例文
You can't drink seawater because it's too salty.
海の水は塩辛すぎて飲めない。
You can not drink the seawater, for it is too salty.
海の水は塩辛すぎて飲めない。
They laid down a scheme for extracting salt from seawater.
彼らは海水から塩を取る計画を立てた。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Middle English seewater, se water, from Old English sǣwæter (“seawater”), equivalent to sea + water. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Seewoater (“seawater”), West Frisian seewetter (“seawater”), Dutch zeewater (“seawater”), Icelandic sjóvatn (“seawater”).