• n. [海洋] 環(huán)礁，[地理] 環(huán)狀珊瑚島

來自馬來語，由達(dá)爾文引入英語。

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.

1. France has carried out an underground nuclear explosion on Mururoa Atoll in the South Pacific.

法國已經(jīng)在南太平洋的穆魯羅瓦環(huán)礁進(jìn)行了地下核爆。

來自柯林斯例句

2. An atoll is a circular reef surrounding a lagoon .

環(huán)礁是環(huán)繞著一個瀉湖的環(huán)形礁石。

來自辭典例句

3. An atoll is a circular reef surrounding a lagoon.

環(huán)礁是環(huán)繞著一個瀉湖的環(huán)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(lián)網(wǎng)

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(lián)網(wǎng)