atoll
atoll 英 [ˈætɒl] 美 [ˈætɔl]
n. [海洋] 环礁，[地理] 环状珊瑚岛
名词复数:atolls
- An atoll is an island formed by a ring-shaped coral reef encircling a lagoon. The word comes from the language of the Maldives, an island chain in the Indian Ocean famous for gorgeous beaches and coral reefs.
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- n. [海洋] 环礁，[地理] 环状珊瑚岛
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1. This is the Bikini atoll.
这就是比基尼环礁。
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2. Although the atoll lost many corals, it kept an abundance of grazing fish that help reefs recover by keeping them clean.
尽管这里的环礁损失了很多珊瑚，但依然有大量的草食鱼类通过清理珊瑚礁来帮助它们复苏。
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3. The Philippine government also accuses China's navy of firing on Filipino fisherman at Jackson atoll, which is near the Philippines and claimed by that country, in late February.
菲律宾军方还指责中国海军在杰克逊环礁向菲律宾渔民开枪，这一区域靠近菲律宾，并且菲律宾声称主权属于自己。
- atoll (n.) "island consisting of a strip or ring of coral around a central lagoon," 1620s, atollon, from Malayalam (Dravidian) atolu "reef," which is said to be from adal "closing, uniting." Watkins writes, "Perhaps ultimately from Sanskrit antara-, interior" (from PIE root *en "in"). The original use was in reference to the Maldives. Popularized in present form by Darwin's writings.
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