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coral

/kawr-uhl, kor-/US // ˈkɔr əl, ˈkɒr- //UK // (ˈkɒrəl) //

珊瑚,瑚,珊珊,玉米

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
    • : such skeletons collectively, forming reefs, islands, etc.
    • : the solitary or colonial polyp that secretes this calcareous skeleton.
    • : a reddish yellow; light yellowish red; pinkish yellow.
    • : the unimpregnated roe or eggs of the lobster that when boiled take on the color of red coral.
    • : something made of coral, as an ornament, piece of jewelry, or a child's toy.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : made of coral: a coral reef; coral ornamentation.
    • : making coral: a coral polyp.
    • : resembling coral, especially in color; yellowish-red.

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Examples

  • The mutation rate of mitochondria varies hugely from algae to tulips to coral.

  • More than half of the world’s coral reefs are in danger of disappearing.

  • If the coral can’t attract another algae roommate in time, the coral itself will die.

  • The scientists examined bleaching events in ocean corals between 2010 and 2019.

  • That way corals won’t experience more stress than they can handle.

  • Cason is now retired from the Foreign Service and is the mayor of Coral Gables, Florida.

  • Coral reefs are in decline, coastal dead zones are on the rise, and marine life is dying.

  • For as long as anyone could remember, Adam Winfield of Cape Coral, Florida, wanted to join the U.S. military.

  • Big British bookmaker Coral has suspended betting on Kate announcing she is pregnant again before the end of this month.

  • The Reef has lost more than half its coral cover since 1985, with two-thirds of the loss occurring after 1998.

  • The birds that build them swallow a certain kind of glutinous weed growing on the coral rocks.

  • Between these two ranges of islands we only obtained one cast of the lead which gave us thirty-three fathoms on a coral bottom.

  • All the islands are low and wooded, and surrounded by a coral reef of small extent.

  • I could observe groups and clusters of coloured coral and madrepore-stone, whose magnificence challenges all description.

  • Both the islets are surrounded by coral reefs, of small extent.