不过，这个术语是泛指一切海外探险行为，通常是指斯堪的纳维亚半岛上的男人们在夏天花点时间出去“维京”一下的行为。

However, the term is meant to reference oversea expeditions, and was used as a verb by the Scandinavian people for when the men traditionally took time out of their summers to go "a Viking."

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郑和是海外探险世家的骄子，继承了其父辈、祖辈勇于开拓、不畏艰险的精神，获知了有关西洋的风物和航海知识，终于成为伟大的航海家。

Zheng, inheriting the family tradition as being courageous and enterprising, and with some knowledge of navigation and custom in the westerns seas, finally became a great navigator.

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