atoll
英 ['?t?l; ?'t?l]
美['?t?l]
- n. [海洋] 環礁，[地理] 環狀珊瑚島
暢通詞匯
詞態變化
復數:?atolls;
中文詞源
atoll 珊瑚
來自馬來語，由達爾文引入英語。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. France has carried out an underground nuclear explosion on Mururoa Atoll in the South Pacific.
- 法國已經在南太平洋的穆魯羅瓦環礁進行了地下核爆。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. An atoll is a circular reef surrounding a lagoon .
- 環礁是環繞著一個瀉湖的環形礁石。
來自辭典例句
- 3. An atoll is a circular reef surrounding a lagoon.
- 環礁是環繞著一個瀉湖的環形礁石.
來自辭典例句
- 4. Bomb tests resulted in the annihilation of the atoll.
- 原子彈試爆毀滅了那個珊瑚島.
來自互聯網
- 5. Pudong and Atoll Reef aquarium which is worth more to ah?
- 那個海洋館與浦東的水族館哪個更值得一去啊?
來自互聯網