reef

听听怎么读

英 [ri:f]

美 [rif]

是什么意思

礁，暗礁；[矿]矿脉；[航]缩帆部，榫帆部；

vt.

收帆，缩帆；

变形

复数：reefs过去式：reefed过去分词：reefed现在分词：reefing第三人称单数：reefs

双语释义

n.(名词)

[C]礁，暗礁 a line of sharp rocks,often made of coral,or a bank of sand on or near the surface of the sea

英英释义

reef[ ri:f ]

n.
- a submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water
- a rocky region in the southern Transvaal in northeastern South Africa; contains rich gold deposits and coal and manganese
  同义词：WitwatersrandRand
v.
- lower and bring partially inboard
  "reef the sailboat's mast"
- roll up (a portion of a sail) in order to reduce its area
- reduce (a sail) by taking in a reef

学习怎么用

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

strike a reef触礁

名词+～

coral reef珊瑚礁

词组短语

coral reef珊瑚礁

barrier reef堡礁；堤礁

great barrier reef大堡礁

reef limestone礁灰岩

reef flat礁坪，浅石滩；平坦礁

submerged reef暗礁

更多收起词组短语

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

The ship was wrecked on a reef.
这船触礁失事了。
Our ship was able to haul up just before it hit the submerged reef.
我们的船就在要撞上暗礁的时候停住了。
The ship struck a hidden reef and went dawn with all hands.
船只撞上暗礁与全体船员一起沉没。

用作动词(v.)

The captain ordered to reef the sails for docking.
船长下令收帆以靠港。

权威例句

Confronting the coral reef crises
Confronting the coral reef crisis. Nature
Self-recruitment in a coral reef fish population
Responses of coral reefs and reef organisms to sedimentation.
Ecological goods and services of coral reef ecosystems
Coral Reef Conservation: Status of coral reefs of the world: summary of threats and remedial action
One-third of reef-building corals face elevated extinction risk from climate change and local impacts
Mangroves enhance the biomass of coral reef fish communities in the Caribbean
Ocean Acidification Causes Bleaching and Productivity Loss in Coral Reef Builders
Catastrophes, Phase Shifts, and Large-Scale Degradation of a Caribbean Coral Reef

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