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Meaning of 礁

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礁
Pinyin: jiāo
English Definition: reef; shoal rock
Chinese Definition:
①在海里或江里的岩石或珊瑚虫遗骸堆积成的岩状物:礁石。暗礁。珊瑚礁。触礁。[合]礁滩(海中岩石边缘地带。借指人生险途);暗礁。)
Total strokes: 17; Radical: 石
Pictophonetic:焦 indicates the sound; 石 (rock) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • ⿰ Left to right
    • 石 [ shí ] stone, rock, mineral
    • 焦 [ jiāo ] burned, scorched; anxious, vexed
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Example Words
礁石 jiāo shí reef
珊瑚礁 shān hú jiāo coral reef
暗礁 àn jiāo submerged reef (rock)
触礁 chù jiāo (of a ship) to strike a reef; (fig.) to hit a snag
礁溪 jiāo xī Jiaoxi or Chiaohsi township in Yilan county 宜兰县 , Taiwan
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Example Sentences
1
这种独居的礁鱼常常独自或成对游荡
,
喜欢吃海绵和海鞘
。
The solitary reef fish often travels aloneor in pairs and favors a diet of sponges and sea squirts.
2
海南西沙北礁失去联络的
56
名渔民中
,
仍有
18
人下落不明
。
In Hainan, 18 of the 56 fishermen trapped on the North Reef of Xisha are still missing.
3
一只呆在海葵带刺触须家中的小丑鱼
。
海葵的触须保护这种显眼的彩色礁居者及其鱼卵免遭入侵者伤害
。
Aclownfish is at home between the stinging tentacles of an anemone, which protects the boldly colored reef dweller and its eggs fromintruders.
4
过去
,
这里是海员们的葬身之地
,
他们的船触了礁
,
他们的尸骨暴晒在沙漠中
。
In days gone by this was a place of death for mariners, their ships impaled on reefs and their bones bleached by the sun.
5
29
岁的史蒂夫
。
卡尔克撒的这次遭遇发生在长礁海滩
,
距澳大利亚东海岸不到一英里的地方
,
并且被附近小船上的渔夫拍摄下来
。
That encounter, endured by 29-year-old Steve Kulcsar, occurred less than a mile off Australia's east coast, at Long Reef, and was filmed by a fisherman in a small boat nearby.