他正在环礁湖里与一只短吻鳄搏斗。He was grappling with an alligator in a lagoon.鲸会迁移6,000海里左右，到温暖的环礁湖生殖繁衍。The whales migrate some 6,000 miles to breed and calve in the warm lagoons.睡意笼罩着他,就象缠绵脑际的蜃楼幻影正在同五光十色的环礁湖景致一比高低.Sleep enveloped him ...

“环礁湖”的英语可以翻译为：atoll lake，lagoon ...