| 单词 | atoll |
| 释义 | atoll noun[C] uk/ˈæt.ɒl/us/ˈæt.ɑːl/a ring-shapedislandformedofcoral(= rock-likenaturalsubstance)thatsurroundsalagoon(=areaofseawater): 环状珊瑚岛，环礁the Bikini Atoll比基尼岛环礁  Michele Falzone/AWL Images/GettyImages Geography: small & large land masses
Examplesofatollatoll In nineteenth-century accounts of travel among the islands and atolls, one comes across passage after passage about the dress and ornamentation of the inhabitants. From theCambridge English Corpus But we are also warned of just how fragile the community's integrity actually is, asatollinhabitants face rising sea levels through global warming. From theCambridge English Corpus This examination of literacy, in turn, provides a framework for understanding the larger ethnographic reality of theatoll. From theCambridge English Corpus Antarctica - was it a giganticatollor a large continent covered by ice? From theCambridge English Corpus So limited are the staples materials and real estate of anatoll-dweller that less toast and tea, beans, bread and chips which are the staples of poor people's diets. From theCambridge English Corpus The study will, inter alia, assess the geological stability and hydrology of the atolls. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Ant is a privately-ownedatolland its owner is a strict conservationist. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe that research is taking place already on some of these atolls in connection with the production of fertilisers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Apart from anything else, those who cause explosions in coral atolls had better be careful what they do. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Precautions would be taken if an airfield were built on theatoll. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 But we may be wholly underestimating the future importance of many of these apparently insignificant and remote atolls. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Let us suppose that a bad egg slips through the net and is installed as governor of one of our few remaining imperial atolls. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Probably most important is the protection the reefs give to the coast, particularly the coasts of atolls or other small islands. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The underground method which they have chosen has far greater environmental dangers to thatatollthan if they had chosen atmospheric tests. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The main source of supply was surface water accumulated over a very long period below theatoll. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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