lagoon
英[l?'gu?n]
美[l?'g?n]
- n. [地理][水文] 瀉湖；環礁湖；咸水湖
詞態變化
復數:?lagoons;
中文詞源
lagoon 環礁湖
詞源同lake,湖，-oon,大詞后綴。用來指環礁湖。
英文詞源
- lagoon
- lagoon: see lake
- lagoon (n.)
- 1670s, lagune, earlier laguna (1610s), from French lagune or directly from Italian laguna "pond, lake," from Latin lacuna "pond, hole," from lacus "pond" (see lake (n.1)). Originally in reference to the region of Venice; applied 1769 (by Capt. Cook) to the lake-like stretch of water enclosed in a South Seas atoll. Also see -oon.
雙語例句
- 1. He was grappling with an alligator in a lagoon.
- 他正在環礁湖里與一只短吻鱷搏斗。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The lagoon was pullulated with tropical fish.
- 那個咸水湖聚滿了熱帶魚。
來自辭典例句
- 3. An atoll is a circular reef surrounding a lagoon .
- 環礁是環繞著一個瀉湖的環形礁石。
來自辭典例句
- 4. An atoll is a circular reef surrounding a lagoon.
- 環礁是環繞著一個瀉湖的環形礁石.
來自辭典例句
- 5. A girdle of islands enclosed the lagoon.
- 一環小島圍繞著礁湖.
來自辭典例句