atoll

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  • Noun:
    an island consisting of a circular coral reef surrounding a lagoon

单词词源

atoll
atoll: [17] Atoll was borrowed from Malayalam atolu ‘reef’, the name used by Maldive Islanders for their islands, many of which are coral atolls
atoll (n.)
1620s, atollon, from Malayam atolu "reef," probably from adal "closing, uniting." Popularized in present form by Darwin's writings.

双语例句

1. This is the bikini atoll .
2. An atoll is a ring-shaped island that encloses a central lagoon .
3. But mr kayanne is also leading a japanese project to create a beach made out of home-grown star sand in tuvalu , a south pacific atoll perilously close to sea level .
4. The largest coral atoll in the tuamotu archipelago is rangiroa : 20 tiny islets surrounding a large lagoon .
5. At roughly 8km wide , atafu atoll is the smallest of three atolls comprising the tokelau islands in the southern pacific .

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