coral 音标拼音: [k'ɔrəl]
n . 珊瑚,珊瑚色
珊瑚,珊瑚色
coral adj 1 :
of a strong pink to yellowish -
pink color n 1 :
a variable color averaging a deep pink 2 :
the hard stony skeleton of a Mediterranean coral that has a delicate red or pink color and is used for jewelry [
synonym :
{
coral }, {
red coral }, {
precious coral }]
3 :
unfertilized lobster roe ;
reddens in cooking ;
used as garnish or to color sauces 4 :
marine colonial polyp characterized by a calcareous skeleton ;
masses in a variety of shapes often forming reefs Coral \
Cor "
al \,
n . [
Of .
coral ,
F ,
corail ,
L .
corallum ,
coralium ,
fr .
Gr .
kora `
llion .]
1 . (
Zool .)
The hard parts or skeleton of various Anthozoa ,
and of a few Hydrozoa .
Similar structures are also formed by some Bryozoa .
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1913 Webster ]
Note :
The large stony corals forming coral reefs belong to various genera of {
Madreporaria },
and to the hydroid genus , {
Millepora }.
The red coral ,
used in jewelry ,
is the stony axis of the stem of a gorgonian ({
Corallium rubrum })
found chiefly in the Mediterranean .
The {
fan corals }, {
plume corals },
and {
sea feathers }
are species of {
Gorgoniacea },
in which the axis is horny .
Organ -
pipe coral is formed by the genus {
Tubipora },
an Alcyonarian ,
and {
black coral }
is in part the axis of species of the genus {
Antipathes }.
See {
Anthozoa },
{
Madrepora }.
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2 .
The ovaries of a cooked lobster ; --
so called from their color .
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3 .
A piece of coral ,
usually fitted with small bells and other appurtenances ,
used by children as a plaything .
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{
Brain coral },
or {
Brain stone coral }.
See under {
Brain }.
{
Chain coral }.
See under {
Chain }.
{
Coral animal } (
Zool .),
one of the polyps by which corals are formed .
They are often very erroneously called {
coral insects }.
{
Coral fish }.
See in the Vocabulary .
{
Coral reefs } (
Phys .
Geog .),
reefs ,
often of great extent ,
made up chiefly of fragments of corals ,
coral sands ,
and the solid limestone resulting from their consolidation .
They are classed as {
fringing reefs },
when they border the land ; {
barrier reefs },
when separated from the shore by a broad belt of water ; {
atolls },
when they constitute separate islands ,
usually inclosing a lagoon .
See {
Atoll }.
{
Coral root } (
Bot .),
a genus ({
Corallorhiza })
of orchideous plants ,
of a yellowish or brownish red color ,
parasitic on roots of other plants ,
and having curious jointed or knotted roots not unlike some kinds of coral .
See Illust .
under {
Coralloid }.
{
Coral snake }. (
Zo )
(
a )
A small ,
venomous ,
Brazilian snake {(
Elaps corallinus )},
coral -
red ,
with black bands .
(
b )
A small ,
harmless ,
South American snake ({
Tortrix scytale }).
{
Coral tree } (
Bot .),
a tropical ,
leguminous plant ,
of several species ,
with showy ,
scarlet blossoms and coral -
red seeds .
The best known is {
Erythrina Corallodendron }.
{
Coral wood },
a hard ,
red cabinet wood . --
McElrath .
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colorful \
colorful \
adj .
1 .
having striking color .
Opposite of {
colorless }.
Note : [
Narrower terms : {
changeable ,
chatoyant ,
iridescent ,
shot }; {
deep ,
rich }; {
flaming }; {
fluorescent ,
glowing };
{
prismatic }; {
psychedelic }; {
red ,
ruddy ,
flushed ,
empurpled }]
Syn :
colourful .
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WordNet 1 .
5 ]
2 .
striking in variety and interest .
Opposite of {
colorless }
or {
dull }. [
Narrower terms : {
brave ,
fine ,
gay ,
glorious };
{
flamboyant ,
resplendent ,
unrestrained }; {
flashy ,
gaudy ,
jazzy ,
showy ,
snazzy ,
sporty }; {
picturesque }]
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WordNet 1 .
5 ]
3 .
having color or a certain color ;
not black ,
white or grey ;
as ,
colored crepe paper .
Opposite of {
colorless }
and {
monochrome }.
Note : [
Narrower terms : {
tinted }; {
touched ,
tinged }; {
amber ,
brownish -
yellow ,
yellow -
brown }; {
amethyst }; {
auburn ,
reddish -
brown }; {
aureate ,
gilded ,
gilt ,
gold ,
golden };
{
azure ,
cerulean ,
sky -
blue ,
bright blue }; {
bicolor ,
bicolour ,
bicolored ,
bicoloured ,
bichrome }; {
blue ,
bluish ,
light -
blue ,
dark -
blue }; {
blushful ,
blush -
colored ,
rosy }; {
bottle -
green }; {
bronze ,
bronzy };
{
brown ,
brownish ,
dark -
brown }; {
buff }; {
canary ,
canary -
yellow }; {
caramel ,
caramel brown }; {
carnation };
{
chartreuse }; {
chestnut }; {
dun }; {
earth -
colored ,
earthlike }; {
fuscous }; {
green ,
greenish ,
light -
green ,
dark -
green }; {
jade ,
jade -
green }; {
khaki }; {
lavender ,
lilac }; {
mauve }; {
moss green ,
mosstone }; {
motley ,
multicolor ,
culticolour ,
multicolored ,
multicoloured ,
painted ,
particolored ,
particoloured ,
piebald ,
pied ,
varicolored ,
varicoloured }; {
mousy ,
mouse -
colored };
{
ocher ,
ochre }; {
olive -
brown }; {
olive -
drab }; {
olive };
{
orange ,
orangish }; {
peacock -
blue }; {
pink ,
pinkish };
{
purple ,
violet ,
purplish }; {
red ,
blood -
red ,
carmine ,
cerise ,
cherry ,
cherry -
red ,
crimson ,
ruby ,
ruby -
red ,
scarlet }; {
red ,
reddish }; {
rose ,
roseate }; {
rose -
red };
{
rust ,
rusty ,
rust -
colored }; {
snuff ,
snuff -
brown ,
snuff -
color ,
snuff -
colour ,
snuff -
colored ,
snuff -
coloured ,
mummy -
brown ,
chukker -
brown }; {
sorrel ,
brownish -
orange }; {
stone ,
stone -
gray }; {
straw -
color ,
straw -
colored ,
straw -
coloured }; {
tan }; {
tangerine };
{
tawny }; {
ultramarine }; {
umber }; {
vermilion ,
vermillion ,
cinibar ,
Chinese -
red }; {
yellow ,
yellowish };
{
yellow -
green }; {
avocado }; {
bay }; {
beige }; {
blae bluish -
black or gray -
blue )}; {
coral }; {
creamy }; {
cress green ,
cresson ,
watercress }; {
hazel }; {
honey ,
honey -
colored }; {
hued (
postnominal )}; {
magenta };
{
maroon }; {
pea -
green }; {
russet }; {
sage ,
sage -
green };
{
sea -
green }] [
Also See : {
chromatic }, {
colored }, {
dark },
{
light }.]
Syn :
colored ,
coloured ,
in color (
predicate ).
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WordNet 1 .
5 ]
1 . {
Class Oriented Ring Associated Language }.
2 .
A {
deductive database }
and {
logic programming }
system based
on {
Horn -
clause }
rules with extensions like {
SQL }'
s {
group -
by }
and {
aggregation }
operators .
CORAL was developed at the
University of Wisconsin -
Madison .
It is implemented in C and
has a {
Prolog }-
like {
syntax }.
Many evaluation techniques are supported ,
including {
bottom -
up
fixpoint evaluation }
and top -
down {
backtracking }. {
Modules }
are separately compiled ;
different evaluation methods can be
used in different modules within a single program .
Disk -
resident data is supported via an interface to the
{
Exodus }
storage manager .
There is an on -
line help facility .
It requires {
AT &T} {C++} 2.0 (or {G++} soon) and runs on
{Decstation} and {Sun-4}.
{(ftp://ftp.cs.wisc.edu/)}.
(1993-01-29)
Coral Heb .
ramoth ,
meaning "
heights ;"
i .
e ., "
high -
priced "
or valuable things ,
or ,
as some suppose , "
that which grows high ,"
like a tree (
Job 28 :
18 ;
Ezek .
27 :
16 ),
according to the Rabbins ,
red coral ,
which was in use for ornaments .
The coral is a cretaceous marine product ,
the deposit by minute polypous animals of calcareous matter in cells in which the animal lives .
It is of numberless shapes as it grows ,
but usually is branched like a tree .
Great coral reefs and coral islands abound in the Red Sea ,
whence probably the Hebrews derived their knowledge of it .
It is found of different colours ,
white ,
black ,
and red .
The red ,
being esteemed the most precious ,
was used ,
as noticed above ,
for ornamental purposes .
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