reef
reef
英[ri:f]美[rif]
n.礁，暗礁，[矿]矿脉，[航]缩帆部，榫帆部；
vt.收帆，缩帆；
复数：reefs;
第三人称单数：reefs;
过去式：reefed;
过去分词：reefed;
现在分词：reefing;
例句
It’s only been latterly that we’ve discovered that it’s lots of individual reefs, around about 2,900 separate reef systems which make up the Great Barrier Reef.直到近来我们才发现，它们其实是众多独立的礁石，大约有2900个独立的礁石系，组成了大堡礁。
Seeing over a thousand species of fish is part of the fascination of the reef.礁石的部分魅力就在于可以看到上千种鱼。
The ship was wrecked on a coral reef.这条船在珊瑚暗礁上撞毁了。
We could visit Ayers Rock and the Great Barrier Reef.我们可以去艾尔斯岩和大堡礁.
Hillary and Robert are snorkeling near the Great Barrier Reef.希拉蕊和罗伯在大堡礁附近潜水.
It's only been latterly that we've discovered that it's lots of individual reefs, around about 2,900 separate reef systems which make up the Great Barrier Reef.直到近来我们才发现,它们其实是众多独立的礁石, 大约有2900个独立的礁石系,组成了大堡礁.
Anemonefish swarm a healthy Manra reef in the sunwashed wilderness of the Phoenix Islands.科学家在费尼克斯群岛健康的礁岩中发现了新的物种,以及保存这座乐园的新线索.
Because the Reef Knot has neither loops nor draw strings , many people picking it apart.由于珊瑚礁结既不循环也不drawstrings, 许多人选择诉诸把它拆开.
Out on the water flickering lights and soft - voiced choruses marked the fishers returning from the reef.远远的水面上,灯光摇曳,轻歌荡漾,说明渔人正在收帆夜归.
A minke whale swims near Australia's Great Barrier Reef.一头小须鲸正在澳大利亚大堡礁附近游弋.
英语四级真题
Drawing in adventure seekers and experienced divers, this new artificial airbus reef will be a scuba diver's paradise (天堂).
2019年6月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section ANot only will the sunken plane create the perfect skeleton for artificial reef growth, but authorities hope this new underwater attraction will bring tourists to the area.
2019年6月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section A柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
N-COUNT
礁;礁脉
A reef is a long line of rocks or sand, the top of which is just above or just below the surface of the sea.
例句
An unspoilt coral reef encloses the bay.未受破坏的珊瑚礁环绕在海湾周围。英汉词典释义
n.
礁, 暗礁,礁脉
Fish are abundant about the reefs.暗礁附近鱼很多。缩帆部；帆的可收缩部
vt.
收帆；卷起缩帆部；叠起缩帆部
英英词典释义
Noun
1. a submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water
Verb
1. lower and bring partially inboard;
"reef the sailboat's mast"2. roll up (a portion of a sail) in order to reduce its area
3. reduce (a sail) by taking in a reef
行业词典
体育： 缩帆结；
医学： 内折：组织内折，例如折术时做的褶；
测绘： 暗礁；低于深度基准面的孤立岩石或珊瑚礁。；
海洋科学： 礁；
航海科技： 暗礁；"又称 :暗礁(submerged rock,sunken rock) "；
