| 单词 | reef-rock |
| 释义 | > as lemmasreef-rock a. In sense 1, as reef-channel, reef-grounds, reef-rock, etc. ΚΠ 1820 J. Keats Hyperion: a Fragm. ii, in Lamia & Other Poems 184 Sullen waves In the half-glutted hollows of reef-rocks. 1850 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Geol. ii. 40 The reef-grounds being in some parts twenty-five miles wide. 1872 J. D. Dana Corals & Coral Islands ii. 129 The cruiser in untried reef-regions. 1876 D. Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 6) iii. 68 The reef-mass formed by their aggregate labours. 1913 G. R. Agassiz Lett. & Recoll. Alexander Agassiz 374 The appearance of the old Tertiary ledge and of the modern reef rock is so strikingly different, that it was a comparatively simple matter to distinguish the two. 1969 Mem. Amer. Assoc. Petroleum Geol. 311 The reef-tract fauna was divided further into the main-reef, reef-margin, and reef-channel assemblages. 1999 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 14 Feb. 15 We flew across the smooth water, turning cautiously in the darkness through the reef channel into the tiny harbour. < as lemmas |
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