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atoll

英 ['ætɒl; ə'tɒl] 美 ['ætɔl]

解释

n. [海洋] 环礁，[地理] 环状珊瑚岛

※ 提供单词"atoll"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

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.

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例句和用法

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?