| 单词 | red tide |
| 释义 | > as lemmasred tide red tide n. an occurrence of seawater discoloured by an algal bloom, esp. from the toxic red dinoflagellate Karenia brevis; (also) the bloom itself. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > body of water > [noun] > discoloration by organisms redwater1839 breaking (of the meres)1884 water blossom1884 water-bloom1887 algal bloom1938 bloom1939 red tide1942 1942 Condor 44 264 Gonyaulax is a microscopic organism known to ‘bloom’ under certain circumstances in such numbers as to tinge the water red and produce for brief periods the condition known as ‘red tide’. 1970 T. D. Brock Biol. Microorganisms xix. 655 The red tide, an occasional occurrence in inshore areas, results from extensive blooms of red-pigmented dinoflagellate species. 2002 Intelligencer (Doylestown, Pennsylvania) 3 Nov. a9/4 While the algal bloom is generally referred to as red tide the outbreak affecting Lamberts Bay had a distinctive blue color. < as lemmas |
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