reef
US /rif/
・UK /ri:f/
B2 中高級英檢高級
n. (c./u.)名詞 (可數/不可數)暗礁；礁
The captain was careful to avoid hitting the reef so that his ship would not sink
n. (c./u.)名詞 (可數/不可數)縮帆布
The sailors tied down the reef before docking the sailboat
v.t.及物動詞縮(帆)
Because of the high winds, we should reef the sails so that they don't get damaged
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BBC 六分鐘學英文 2016年7月28日 - 文化遺產地！ (BBC 6 Minute English July 28, 2016 - Heritage sites)
- Neil: That would be scuba diving on the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Australia.
尼爾：那就是在澳洲海岸的大堡礁上進行水肺潛水。
- Ooh, that would be scuba diving on the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Australia.
這真是太棒了！我看到了鯊魚，海龜，蝠鱝... ...
勞德岱堡觀光全攻略！✨ (Guide to Fort Lauderdale Sightseeing)
- wildlife, including reef sharks and fish.
歐洲移民提供了豐富的自然資源。
- The actual reef is just half a mile offshore, well away from the local anglers.
現在，旅客可以搭乘水上計程車，或沿著河濱步道散步，
【CNN10】國際太空站發生問題、告別歷史名船、學前班的環境發生了巨大變化 | 2024年11月18日 (A Problem With The Space Station? | November 18, 2024)
- The SS United States, once the holder of the Transatlantic Speed Record, will soon transform into the world's largest artificial reef.
在費城，一艘標誌性的美國遠洋輪船將故意沉沒。
- The S.S. United States, once the holder of the transatlantic speed record, will soon transform into the world's largest artificial reef.
曾經是跨大西洋航速紀錄保持者的 "美國號 "不久將變成世界上最大的人工礁石。
南海為何是一觸即發的未爆彈？ (Why the South China Sea is a time bomb)
- It happened at a shallow reef called Second Thomas Shoal, where the Philippines have a few soldiers stationed on a grounded ship.
人們看到中國海岸警衛隊揮舞著斧頭和刀子。
- It happened at a shallow reef called Second Thomas Shoal, where the Philippines have a few soldiers stationed on a grounded ship.
事件發生在一個叫第二托馬斯淺灘的淺礁上，菲律賓在那裡的一艘擱淺的船上駐紮了幾名阿兵哥。
大洋洲大揭祕！太平洋上的絕美區域 | 學習與探索 (All about Oceania | Learn about this beautiful region in the Pacific Ocean)
- Even though the original settlers had a common culture, each island began to develop a culture unique to its specific region. Because of this migration, Oceania is one of the most culturally diverse areas on Earth. Oceania is also one of the most environmentally diverse and sensitive areas on the planet, and contains some of the most beautiful coral reefs in the world, including the Great Barrier Reef, which is vital to the Earth's climate.
儘管最初的定居者擁有共同的文化，但每個島嶼都開始發展其特定地區的獨特文化。由於這種遷移，大洋洲成為地球上文化最多樣化的地區之一。大洋洲也是地球上環境最多樣和最敏感的地區之一，擁有世界上最美麗的珊瑚礁，包括對地球氣候至關重要的大堡礁。
- Here is an interesting fact. The Great Barrier Reef is the largest coral reef in the world.
這裡有一個有趣的事實。大堡礁是世界上最大的珊瑚礁。
37個你絕對該知道的地理冷知識！ (37 Geography Facts You SHOULD Know!)
- Pacific that keeps disappearing. In the vast blue of the Pacific Ocean, there was once an island called Sandy Island, or so we thought. For over a century, it appeared on maps, atlases, even Google Earth. But when researchers sailed to its coordinates in 2012, there was nothing but ocean. No land, no reef, not even a trace. Just a mapping mystery left drifting in open water.
不斷消失的太平洋在浩瀚蔚藍的太平洋上，曾經有一座名叫桑迪島的小島，我們是這麼認為的。一個多世紀以來，它一直出現在地圖、地圖冊甚至谷歌地球上。但是，當研究人員在 2012 年航行到它的座標處時，那裡除了海洋什麼都沒有。沒有陸地，沒有暗礁，甚至連一點痕跡都沒有。只是一個漂浮在開放水域中的地圖之謎。
- But when researchers sailed to its coordinates in 2012, there was nothing but ocean—no land, no reef, not even a trace, just a mapping mystery left drifting in open water.