atoll的意思

atoll

英式音标['ætɔl]
美式英标['ætɒl; ə'tɒl]

基本解释

n. [海洋] 环礁，[地理] 环状珊瑚岛

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.

实用例句

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。

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。

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.

4. Bomb tests resulted in the annihilation of the atoll.: 原子弹试爆毁灭了那个珊瑚岛.

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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