| 词汇 | reef |
| 词根词缀 | 词源： 1. reef (1) "ridge underwater," 1584, probably via Du. riffe, from O.N. rif "ridge," lit. "rib" (see rib). 2. reef (2) "horizontal section of sail," late 14c., from O.N. rif "reef of a sail," probably a transferred use of rif "ridge, rib" (see rib). Cf. Ger. reff, Swed. ref, Norw. riv, Dan. reb, all from the O.N. word. Reefer as a nickname for "midshipman" (1818) is source of the meaning "coat of a nautical cut" (1878). |
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