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語源

From Australian Aboriginal, most likely Dharug bumbora (“a current off Dobroyd Head, Port Jackson”).

名詞

bombora (plural bomboras)

1. (Australia) A shallow isolated piece of reef located a distance offshore.
   • 1963, Patrick Gordon Taylor, The Sky Beyond‎, page 269:

     The superior local knowledge of the Easter Island boatmen was a distracting influence, but on the way in I had decided to anchor on the sandy patch close under the bombora.

   • 1993, Tim Winton, Land's Edge, Picador, published 2014, page 10:

     The remainder of my life was indoor stuff […] but even from school I could see the bomboras breaking way out to sea on a high swell, there at the corner of my eye.

   • 2008, Yvette Allum, The Lonely Sea, unnumbered page:

     It took Sue Dockar a good half hour to swim out to her target bombora, a moderate swim in spearfishing terms.

   • 2012, Phil Jarratt, Australia's Hottest 100 Surfing Legends, unnumbered page:

     He was also considered to be one of Australia's best big-wave riders, tackling the Queenscliff and Bare Island bomboras on the very biggest days.

同意語

• bomb

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