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Some of Minecraft’s ocean is warm . Some are deep and cold . Some are even frozen . But today we’re featuring the bits of the Overworld ocean that are just kinda in-betweeny, not too warm and not too cold. They’re known as the Lukewarm Ocean, our biome of the month!
Minecraft 中有些海洋暖意融融，有些海洋如冰冷深渊，有些甚至完全封冻起来了。而我们今天要关注的这片海洋在主世界海洋中只占很小一部分，它算不上温暖，但也没有到寒意逼人的程度，更像是介乎两者之间。那就是温水海洋，我们的本月群系！

The different ocean variants in the game were added in the Update Aquatic, back in 2018. In one way they’re all fairly similar – full of water. But the different ocean biomes are dramatically different in every other way, including the life that you’ll find there, and the resources you can collect.
2018 年发布的《水域更新》中加入了丰富多样的海洋变种。它们有一点共通之处：水都装得满满当当的，但在其他方面却有如天差地别，比如当中栖息着的生物，以及所蕴藏的资源。

Lukewarm oceans have light blue water, and tend to generate adjacent to biomes like jungles and savannas. The seafloor is sand, like in warm oceans, though you’ll also find dirt, clay, and gravel when the seabed rises closer to the surface. Shipwrecks and ocean ruins can be found in this biome, but be careful when you’re raiding them because the drowned are an ever-present danger.
温水海洋的海水是亮蓝色的，通常会毗连丛林和热带草原群系生成。海床由沙子铺就，这跟暖水海洋一样，但在贴近海平面的部分也可以看到有泥土、黏土和沙砾。这个群系中还能找到沉船和海底废墟，不过在搜刮里面的物资时要留些心眼，溺尸的威胁可是如影随形。

You’ll find some seagrass and kelp to collect in lukewarm oceans, though more of the former and less of the latter than in colder oceans. It’s also pretty common to find cod, pufferfish, and tropical fish for your home aquarium. Dolphins and squid roam through these waters too, though they’re rather harder to take home because they don’t fit in a bucket.
温水海洋中可以采集到海草和海带，不过这里的海草比更冷一些的海洋群系中的要多，海带则会少一些。鳕鱼、河豚和热带鱼也很多见，可以抓一些回去丰富家里的水族箱。海豚和鱿鱼常在这里游弋，但要想把它们带回家就有些难办了，因为桶装不下。

Deep lukewarm oceans are similar to their shallow cousins, but they also have a chance to generate ocean monuments, haunted by Guardians, and more tall seagrass.
深层温水海洋与其浅层的近亲大同小异，区别在于那里有可能会生成海底神殿，有守卫者把守。另外高海草也会更多一些。

In the real world, Earth’s lukewarm oceans are known as “temperate” and span the area between the poles and the tropics, helping exchange heat between the two.
在现实世界中，地球上的温水海洋叫做“温带海洋”，覆盖了极地与热带之间的海域，起着交换两者间热量的作用。

The Earth’s rotation generally means that these oceans form enormous circular currents known as “gyres”. Towards the north, the water is rich in things to eat – attracting a lot of fish, whales, and humans wanting to catch fish and whales. In the southern parts, the sea tends to be emptier of life, resulting in clear, deep blue waters.
地球的自转常使得这些海域形成巨大的洋流圆环。在北部海域，海水中的养料十分丰富，引来大量觅食的鱼类和鲸类，也引来觅鱼类和鲸类为食的人类。南部海域则相对缺乏生机，海水也因此显得更清澈湛蓝。

As lukewarm oceans serve as the meeting point between polar and tropical seas, they tend to contain aspects of both. They’re a nice happy medium. If you prefer your oceans more extreme, then keep swimming.
温水海洋扮演着极地海域同热带海域交汇处的角色，自然兼有两者特征，形成美妙的平衡。如果想遇见特点更加鲜明的海洋，就接着往前游吧。




【橄榄Chan (aka Olvcpr423) 译自官网 2022 年 08 月 18 日发布的 Around the Block: Lukewarm Ocean；原作者 Duncan Geere】
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