reef-主題

reef

[ri:f]

n.暗礁, 礦脈
n.縮帆部
v.縮帆, 捲起

例句與用法：

The ship struck a hidden reef and went dawn with all hands.

船隻撞上暗礁與全體船員一起沉沒。

Our ship was able to haul up just before it hit the submerged reef.

我們的船就在要撞上暗礁的時候停住了。

The ship was wrecked on a reef.

這船觸礁失事了。

詞形變化：

形容詞: reefy | 動詞過去式: reefed | 動詞過去分詞: reefed | 動詞現在分詞: reefing |動詞第三人稱單數: reefs |

英文解釋:

名詞 reef:

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

同義詞：Witwatersrand, Rand

動詞 reef:

lower and bring partially inboard

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

reduce (a sail) by taking in a reef

以上來源於大辭典