reef
reef 英 [ri:f] 美 [rif]
n. 暗礁；[地质] 矿脉；收帆 vt. 收帆；缩帆 vi. 缩帆；收帆
进行时:reefing 过去式:reefed 过去分词:reefed 第三人称单数:reefs 名词复数:reefs
- A reef is a raised area on the ocean floor that's made of rock, coral, or sand. If you are a scuba diver, head to a coral reef to check out the diverse marine life.
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- n. 暗礁；[地质] 矿脉；收帆
- vt. 收帆；缩帆
- vi. 缩帆；收帆
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1. Our ship was thrown on a reef.
我们的船撞到了暗礁上。
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2. As an octopus, a squid, or a cuttlefish moves around a reef in the ocean, it instantly camouflages itself against the background.
当海洋中的章鱼、鱿鱼、墨鱼游绕在暗礁处时，它们可以立即变身成暗礁的颜色来伪装自己。
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3. But call these projects "stimulus," and suddenly a ship headed for the reef of economic disaster might sail through Congress flying the flag of economic recovery.
但是这些号称“刺激”的计划，朝向经济浩劫暗礁行驶的船只，打着复苏经济的旗号，冷不丁可能会顺利通过国会决议。
- reef (n.1) "rock ridge underwater," 1580s, riffe, probably via Dutch riffe, from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse rif "ridge in the sea; reef in a sail," literally "rib" (see rib (n.)).
- reef (n.2) "horizontal section of sail," late 14c. (mid-14c. in rif-rope), from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse rif "reef of a sail," probably a transferred use of rif "ridge under the sea; rib" (see rib (n.) and compare reef (n.1)). German reff, Swedish ref, Norwegian riv, Danish reb likely all are from the Old Norse word.
- reef (v.) 1660s, "take in, roll up" (as one would a section of a sail on a ship), from reef (n.2). Related: Reefed; reefing.
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