| 单词 | rock coral |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrock coral rock coral n. now rare a stony coral (order Scleractinia); (as a mass noun) rock derived from such corals. ΚΠ 1706 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 25 2217 It very much resembles a piece of white unpolished Rock Coral. 1836 Knickerbocker Aug. 150 I have also met with pieces of rock coral in the centre of the peninsula. 1889 M. C. Cooke Toilers in Sea vi. 198 ‘Precious coral’ is more nearly related, in its structure, to the Gorgonias than to the rock corals. 1920 F. Villiers Villiers: His Five Decades of Adventure II. ii. 33 It [sc. a causeway] was built of rock coral and stood on a reef of that porous material. < as lemmas |
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