atoll
英 ['ætɒl; ə'tɒl]
美['ætɔl]
- n. [海洋] 环礁，[地理] 环状珊瑚岛
词态变化
复数: atolls;
中文词源
atoll 珊瑚
来自马来语，由达尔文引入英语。
英文词源
- atoll
- atoll: [17] Atoll was borrowed from Malayalam atolu ‘reef’, the name used by Maldive Islanders for their islands, many of which are coral atolls
- atoll (n.)
- 1620s, atollon, from Malayam atolu "reef," probably from adal "closing, uniting." Popularized in present form by Darwin's writings.
双语例句
- 1. France has carried out an underground nuclear explosion on Mururoa Atoll in the South Pacific.
- 法国已经在南太平洋的穆鲁罗瓦环礁进行了地下核爆。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. An atoll is a circular reef surrounding a lagoon .
- 环礁是环绕着一个泻湖的环形礁石。
来自辞典例句
- 3. An atoll is a circular reef surrounding a lagoon.
- 环礁是环绕着一个泻湖的环形礁石.
来自辞典例句
- 4. Bomb tests resulted in the annihilation of the atoll.
- 原子弹试爆毁灭了那个珊瑚岛.
来自互联网
- 5. Pudong and Atoll Reef aquarium which is worth more to ah?
- 那个海洋馆与浦东的水族馆哪个更值得一去啊?
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