| 单词 | barrier reef |
| 释义 | barrier reefnouna reef of coral running roughly parallel to the shore and separated from it by a wide, deep lagoon. Origin of barrier reefFirst recorded in 1795–1805 Words nearby barrier reefbarrier beach, barrier cream, barrier island, barrier-nurse, barrier of ideas, barrier reef, barring, Barrington, barrio, Barrios, barrister Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for barrier reef
British Dictionary definitions for barrier reefbarrier reef nouna long narrow coral reef near and lying parallel to the shore, separated from it by deep waterSee Great Barrier Reef Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Scientific definitions for barrier reefbarrier reef A long, narrow ridge of coral that runs parallel to the mainland and is separated from it by a deep lagoon. Compare atoll fringing reef. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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