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reef

形容词: reefy 过去式: reefed 过去分词: reefed 现在分词: reefing 第三人称单数: reefs

reef基本解释

n.暗礁;矿脉

n.缩帆部

v.缩帆;卷起

reef同义词

reef相关例句

用作名词(n.)
  • The ship was wrecked on a reef.
    这船触礁失事了。
  • Our ship was able to haul up just before it hit the submerged reef.
    我们的船就在要撞上暗礁的时候停住了。
  • The ship struck a hidden reef and went dawn with all hands.
    船只撞上暗礁与全体船员一起沉没。
用作动词(v.)
  • The captain ordered to reef the sails for docking.
    船长下令收帆以靠港。

reef英英释义

Noun:
  • a submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water

  • a rocky region in the southern Transvaal in northeastern South Africa; contains rich gold deposits and coal and manganese

  • one of several strips across a sail that can be taken in or rolled up to lessen the area of the sail that is exposed to the wind

Verb:
  • lower and bring partially inboard;

    "reef the sailboat's mast"

  • roll up (a portion of a sail) in order to reduce its area

  • reduce (a sail) by taking in a reef