lagoon

• n. [地理学][水文学]ラグーン; 潟湖; 海水湖

語源はlake、湖、-oonと同じで、大きな単語の接尾辞。ラグーンを指す。

lagoon

lagoon: see lake

lagoon (n.)

1670s, lagune, earlier laguna (1610s), from French lagune or directly from Italian laguna "pond, lake," from Latin lacuna "pond, hole," from lacus "pond" (see lake (n.1)). Originally in reference to the region of Venice; applied 1769 (by Capt. Cook) to the lake-like stretch of water enclosed in a South Seas atoll. Also see -oon.

1. He was grappling with an alligator in a lagoon .

彼は環礁湖で短いキスワニと戦っている。

2.The lagoon was pululated with tropical fish.

その塩水湖には熱帯魚がいっぱい集まっている。

3.An atol is a circular reef surrounding a lagoon .

環礁は湖を囲む環状の岩礁である。

4.An atol is a circular reef surrounding a lagoon .

環礁はラグーンを取り囲む環状岩礁である。

5.A girdle of islands enclosed the lagoon .

環礁湖を囲む島。