lagoon
英 [lə'guːn]
美[lə'gʊn]
- n. [地理][水文] 泻湖；环礁湖；咸水湖
词态变化
复数: lagoons;
中文词源
lagoon 环礁湖
词源同lake,湖，-oon,大词后缀。用来指环礁湖。
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. He was grappling with an alligator in a lagoon.
- 他正在环礁湖里与一只短吻鳄搏斗。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The lagoon was pullulated with tropical fish.
- 那个咸水湖聚满了热带鱼。
来自辞典例句
- 3. An atoll is a circular reef surrounding a lagoon .
- 环礁是环绕着一个泻湖的环形礁石。
来自辞典例句
- 4. An atoll is a circular reef surrounding a lagoon.
- 环礁是环绕着一个泻湖的环形礁石.
来自辞典例句
- 5. A girdle of islands enclosed the lagoon.
- 一环小岛围绕着礁湖.
来自辞典例句