lagoon
noun /ləˈɡuːn/
/ləˈɡuːn/
- a lake of salt water that is separated from the sea by a reef or an area of rock or sand
潟湖；环礁湖；濒海湖 - (North American English) a small area of fresh water near a lake or river
（湖泊或江河附近的）小片淡水域，小淡水湖 - We loved to go swimming in the lagoon.
我们喜欢到小淡水湖里去游泳。
- We loved to go swimming in the lagoon.
- (specialist) an artificial area built to hold waste water before it is treated at a sewage works
氧化塘
词源early 17th cent.: from Italian and Spanish laguna, from Latin lacuna ‘pool’, from lacus ‘lake’.