cay

IPA/kiː/
KK[kˈe]IPA/kiː/

cay — 名詞

  • caysingular
  • caysplural

1. a tiny island with very little height above the sea, found in warm ocean waters

1.名詞B2
釋義

礁島

熱帶海域中由沙或珊瑚形成的低矮小島

a tiny island with very little height above the sea, found in warm ocean waters and formed from sand, coral, or rock

例句

Theo spotted a tiny cay covered in palm trees near the Belize coast.

Theo 在貝里斯海岸附近航行時，發現了一座長滿棕櫚樹的小礁島。

collocation: tiny cay / palm-covered cay

Amara walked across the narrow cay in less than ten minutes.

Amara 不到十分鐘就走完了整座狹窄的礁島。

同義詞
  • key

    a different spelling of the same word, more common in Florida (e.g. the Florida Keys)

  • islet

    a more general term for any very small island, not necessarily tropical or made of coral

  • atoll

    a ring-shaped coral formation that surrounds a lagoon; a cay is a solid island, not a ring

常見錯誤

❌Australia is the largest cay in the world.
✅Australia is a continent, not a cay.
💡a cay is always small and low-lying; large landmasses are called islands or continents.
❌We stayed on a cay in the middle of London.
✅We stayed on a houseboat in London.
💡cays only occur in tropical ocean waters, not in cities or rivers.