| 词汇 | lagoon |
| 释义 | lagoon noun[ C ] uk /ləˈɡuːn/ us /ləˈɡuːn/ an area of sea water separated from the sea by a reef (= a line of rocks and sand): 泻湖，濒海湖，环礁湖 a tropical lagoon热带环礁湖 Ippei Naoi/Moment/GettyImages Bays & gulfs arm basin bay channel cove gulf Hudson Bay inlet narrows sea coast sound strait the Bay of Bengal the Bay of Fundy the Gulf of Mexico the Persian Gulf lagoon | American Dictionarylagoon noun[ C ] us/ləˈɡun/ an area of sea water separated from the sea by a sandbar (= raised area of sand) or reef (= a line of rocks and sand) Examples of lagoonlagoon A suite of three digenean eel specialist species occurred in all three lagoons, of which any two members dominated each community. These probably functioned to regulate the rate and timing of seasonal inundation and subsequent drainage of the lagoon and adjoining fields. This trend reflects the emergence of a new political center among the lagoon settlements. The incubation bottles were then removed, and the samples rinsed several times with washes of ' cold ' lagoon water. Excavation of lagoon canals shows their original depth and the depositional patterns that have developed since the abandonment of the canal system. The situation with respect to eels from coastal lagoons is less clear. Mangroves are a special group of plants colonising estuaries, deltas, lagoons and coasts. Flooding would then allow planting in the elevated areas along the seasonal lagoon's edge and on top of the broad dams. The lagoon, immediately to its north, is a rich source of fish, shellfish, turtles, alligators, wild plant foods, and other lacustrine resources. At times, these shells appear suspended in a micritic matrix, a fact attributable to a low-energy environment, possibly a lagoon. Facies 7 is a skeletal and peloidal facies formed in semi-restricted environments, in a sheltered lagoon located near the shoreline (a protected back-shoal environment). The location was spectacular, with the performers on top of, or half-way up, a cliff which drops to a lagoon. The lagoon hydrological system is mainly influenced by the changes between the rainy and dry seasons and by the freshwater supply of several rivers. These include aerobic lagoons, activated sludge processes and trickling filters. This activity is banned in almost all of the immense lagoon because clams have been contaminated by local industrial plants. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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