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English translation for "reef"

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短语和例子

n.
1.【地质学;地理学】暗礁,礁脉;沙洲。
2.【矿物】矿脉;含金石英脉。
n.
【航海】(便于减少受风面积的)缩帆部,榫帆部。 let [skake, take] out the reefs 放开帆篷。 take in a reef 收缩帆篷;〔比喻〕缩减(用费等);慎重行事。
vt.
收缩(帆篷)。


Related Translations:
shore reef:  裾礁。
reef knot:  【航海】缩帆结,平结,方结。
barrier reef:  堡礁。
patch reef:  小而孤立的珊瑚礁。
submerged reef:  暗礁。
fringing reef:  【地质学;地理学】靠近海岸而与海岸平行的珊瑚礁,裙礁,岸礁,边礁。
coral reef:  珊瑚礁。
Example Sentences:
1.The ship was wrecked on the hidden reef .
那艘船撞到暗礁沉没了。
2.The captain ordered to reef the sails for docking .
船长下令收帆以靠港。
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.Older reefs become cemented up .
老礁块胶结起来。
5.The pilot guided us through the dangerous reefs .
这位引航员引导我们通过了危险的暗礁区。
6.Alternatively, reefs may extend linearly across basins .
此外,暗礁可横穿盆地呈带状延伸。
7.The motorboat cut across swift currents and skirted dangerous reefs .
汽艇穿过激流,绕过险滩。
8.The ship struck on a reef .
船触礁了。
9.A coral reef may build up to the surface of the tropical ocean .
在热带海洋,珊瑚礁可一直筑到海面。
10.The main chromitite seam and the merensky reef do not outcrop well .
主铬铁岩矿层及麦仑斯基矿层出露不好。
Similar Words:
"reedy fabric" English translation, "reedy lake" English translation, "reedy river" English translation, "reedy springs" English translation, "reeezak" English translation, "reef ; sunken rock" English translation, "reef a sail" English translation, "reef a slip wire" English translation, "reef a sliwire" English translation, "reef atoll" English translation