corals

英 [ˈkɒrəlz]

美 [ˈkɔrəlz]

n.  珊瑚; 珊瑚虫
coral的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 珊瑚
  Coralis a hard substance formed from the bones of very small sea animals. It is often used to make jewellery.
  1. The women have elaborate necklaces of turquoise and pink coral.
     那些女人戴着由绿松石和粉色珊瑚制成的精美项链。
• 珊瑚虫
  Coralsare very small sea animals.
• COLOUR 珊瑚色;珊瑚红;橘红色
  Something that iscoralis dark orangey-pink in colour.
  1. ...coral lipstick.
     珊瑚红色的唇膏
  2. ...the coral-colored flower buds.
     橘红色的花蕾

双语例句

• He cites corals as an example.
  他举了珊瑚的例子。
• Our seas are becoming increasingly polluted from uncontrolled discharges and silt washed from the land, damaging corals, fish and bird life.
  由于对排放物和从陆地上冲走的淤泥不加控制，我们的海洋污染日益严重，损害了珊瑚、鱼类和鸟类。
• I dived as a fish among the corals of Persia Gulf.
  我像一条小鱼潜翔在波斯湾的珊瑚丛。
• Both hard and soft corals have a symbiotic relationship with zooxanthellae algae, which live in coral and give it its color.
  硬和软珊瑚两者有共生关系和虫黄藻藻类，那些生活在珊瑚和给它的颜色。
• Sea urchins and corals are promising candidates for preservation.
  海胆与珊瑚是很有希望受到保护的海洋生物。
• I remind myself that he's a marine biologist, with a special interest in sea corals.
  我提醒自己他是个海洋生物学家，是专门研究珊瑚的，头发可不是他的专业研究对象。
• Root corals are actually a coral species all their own-i.e.not roots, but a special kind of coral growth.
  根珊瑚是极独特的珊瑚品种，他们其实不是珊瑚的根部，而是珊瑚的分枝。
• Earthquakes push the land up, depressing the sea level in the area and preventing corals from growing upwards.
  地震把陆地抬升，降低了海平面，并阻止了珊瑚向上生长。
• These relatives of corals have similar tissues and are also home to symbiotic photosynthetic algae.
  海葵是珊瑚虫的近亲，有着类似的组织，其中也有共生的光合藻类生存。
• Unlike hard corals, soft corals have no rigid outer skeletons& the building blocks of coral reefs.
  不同于硬珊瑚，软珊瑚没有坚硬外骨架――建造珊瑚暗礁的支撑架。