reefs
/ri:fs/
📖 中文释义
- 礁体
🧩 词形变化
变形 s3原形 reef
📘 English Definition(英文释义)
- n a submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water
- n a rocky region in the southern Transvaal in northeastern South Africa; contains rich gold deposits and coal and manganese
- n 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
- v lower and bring partially inboard
- v roll up (a portion of a sail) in order to reduce its area
- v reduce (a sail) by taking in a reef