reef

n.

礁，暗礁；[矿]矿脉；[航]缩帆部，榫帆部；

vt.

收帆，缩帆；

复数：reefs过去式：reefed过去分词：reefed现在分词：reefing第三人称单数：reefs

coral reef珊瑚礁

barrier reef堡礁；堤礁

great barrier reef大堡礁

reef limestone礁灰岩

reef flat礁坪，浅石滩；平坦礁

submerged reef暗礁

1. The ship was wrecked on a reef.
   这船触礁失事了。
2. 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。
3. 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。

1. The captain ordered to reef the sails for docking.
   船长下令收帆以靠港。

Confronting the coral reef crises
Confronting the coral reef crisis. Nature
Self-recruitment in a coral reef fish population
Responses of coral reefs and reef organisms to sedimentation.
Ecological goods and services of coral reef ecosystems
Coral Reef Conservation: Status of coral reefs of the world: summary of threats and remedial action
One-third of reef-building corals face elevated extinction risk from climate change and local impacts
Mangroves enhance the biomass of coral reef fish communities in the Caribbean
Ocean Acidification Causes Bleaching and Productivity Loss in Coral Reef Builders
Catastrophes, Phase Shifts, and Large-Scale Degradation of a Caribbean Coral Reef