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coral/ˈkɒr(ə)l/ n. & adj.●n. 1a a hard calcareous substance secreted by certain marine coelenterates as an external skeleton and often forming large reefs 珊瑚(特定海生腔肠动物分泌出的石灰质体外骨壳，常常形成巨大的珊瑚礁) b any similar substance secreted by other marine organisms, esp. (in full 全称 red coral) a tough red substance produced by gorgonians of the genus Corallium and used in jewellery (其他海洋生物分泌的)珊瑚(尤指红珊瑚属的柳珊瑚产生的可以用作珠宝的)红珊瑚 2 a marine coelenterate of the class Anthozoa, with a calcareous, horny, or soft skeleton, and often colonial, esp. (stony or true coral 石珊瑚或真珊瑚) of the reef-forming order Madreporaria 珊瑚虫(珊瑚纲海生腔肠动物，尤指形成珊瑚礁的石珊瑚目腔肠动物) 3 a pinkish-red colour 珊瑚红色 4 the unfertilized roe of a lobster or scallop 龙虾(或扇贝)未受精卵 ●adj. 1 of a pinkish-red colour 珊瑚红色的 2 made of coral 珊瑚制成的 [Middle English via Old French and Latin corallum from Greek korallion, probably of Semitic origin] |