搜尋結果
coral
- IPA[ˈkôrəl]
美式
- a hard stony substance secreted by certain marine coelenterates as an external skeleton, typically forming large reefs in warm seas;precious red coral, used in jewelry
noun: coral, plural noun: corals
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. a hard stony substance secreted by certain marine coelenterates as an external skeleton, typically forming large reefs in warm seas a coral reef
- ▪ precious red coral, used in jewelry she was wearing a twisted rope of coral, pearls, and crystal coral beads
- ▪ the pinkish-red color of red coral colors of earth, coral, and chestnut a coral and white dinner service
- 2. a sedentary coelenterate of warm and tropical seas, with a calcareous, horny, or soft skeleton. Most corals are colonial and many rely on the presence of green algae in their tissues to obtain energy from sunlight.
- 3. the unfertilized roe of a lobster or scallop, which is used as food and becomes reddish when cooked we had scallops with their coral, in their fluted shells