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〔Oceania〕The islands of the southern, western, and central Pacific Ocean, including Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. The term is sometimes extended to encompass Australia, New Zealand, and the Malay Archipelago.大洋洲：南部、西部及中部太平洋上的岛屿，包括美拉尼西克、麦克罗尼西克和波利尼西亚。这个词有时也扩展到包括澳大利亚、新西兰及马来群岛〔Lowell〕American astronomer. He founded the Lowell Observatory in Arizona (1894), where his studies of Mars led him to believe that the planet was inhabited.洛威尔，珀希维尔：(1855-1916) 美国天文学家。1894年他在亚利桑那建立了罗尼尔观察站，通过对火星的观察研究，他相信火星上有居民 |