| 单词 | coral reef |
| 释义 | coral reef (once / 4799 pages) n WORD FAMILY coral reef: coral reefs USAGE EXAMPLESThe larvae of fish that live in coral reefs are tiny, and they are not very good swimmers. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) China claims nearly all of the sea and is pitted against smaller neighbors in multiple disputes over islands, coral reefs and lagoons. Washington Times(Dec 24, 2016) We might lose our current coral reefs, writes Grinspoon, but we'll probably get them back in a million years or so. Nature(Dec 13, 2016) n a reef consisting of coral consolidated into limestone Exp|Hypo|Hyper Great Barrier Reef the largest coral reef in the world; in the Coral Sea off the northeastern coast of Australia Bikinian atoll in the Marshall Islands; formerly used by the United States as a site for testing nuclear weapons Eniwetokan atoll in the Marshall Islands; site of an amphibious assault in World War II; later used temporarily by the United States to test atomic bombs Kwajaleinan atoll in the western Marshall Islands that was used as a Japanese air and naval base during World War II Midway Islandsan atoll in the Hawaiian Islands some 1300 miles to the northwest of Honolulu; site of an important United States naval base atoll an island consisting of a circular coral reef surrounding a lagoon barrier reefa long coral reef near and parallel to the shore Florida key, cay, keya coral reef off the southern coast of Florida reef a submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water |
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