| 单词 | barrier-reef |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbarrier-reef barrier-reef n. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > land mass > reef > [noun] > coral coral reef1745 barrier-reef1806 bioherm1928 1806 M. Flinders in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 96 252 Amongst the barrier reefs. 1853 H. T. De la Beche Geol. Observer (ed. 2) xi. 181 The Great Barrier Reef, extending off the east coast of Australia for about 1100 miles, with a mean breadth of about 30 miles. 1877 A. H. Green Geol. for Students: Physical Geol. (ed. 2) iv. §3. 136 A mighty wall of coral rock, separated from the land by a deep and broad channel, and bounded on the seaward side by a face almost vertical and of enormous height. Such a reef is called a Barrier reef. < as lemmas |
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