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whale
释义
- n.
- 鲸鱼；【动】鲸；〈非正式〉巨大的事物；令人印象深刻的事物
- v.
- 捕鲸；击打；猛击
- 网络
- 庞然大物；鲸品店；鲸类
展开详细释义
n.
1.【动】鲸; 鲸鱼
2.〈非正式〉巨大的事物; 令人印象深刻的事物; 令人愉悦的事物
v.
1.捕鲸
2.击打; 猛击
词形变化
复数：whales 现在分词：whaling 过去式：whaled
常用短语 10 组
- a whale of a
- [美国口语]了不起的，非常大的，极大的；极好的，精彩的
- blue whale
- [动]蓝鲸
- sperm whale
- 巨头鲸；抹香鲸（等于Physeter catodon）
- killer whale
- [动]逆戟鲸
- white whale
- 白鲸
- whale meat
- 鲸鱼肉
- right whale
- 露脊鲸
- humpback whale
- 座头鲸；驼背鲸
- whale shark
- 鲸鲨
- beaked whale
- 突吻鲸；[动]剑吻鲸；喙鲸
在例句中理解 37 句
feeling small sharks touch your feet as you swim; and, most magically, seeing a whale and her baby surface with a great breath of air.
在水下与海狮近距离的接触，游泳时小鲨鱼轻舔你的脚丫，更加梦幻的是看见鲸鱼和她的幼仔浮出水面换气时喷出的水花。
The shaft of the ceremonial mace is the whorled tusk of a narwhal, a small Arctic whale. The door handles are of walrus tusk.
仪式权杖的螺纹杆是用一种小型的北极独角鲸的牙齿制成的，而门柄也是用海象的牙齿制成。
The example that is often trotted out is from Beowulf where the kenning "whale road" is used to mean the sea.
一个被反复提及的例子出现在《贝奥武甫》里，书中用“鲸鱼之路”来借代海洋。
The shorter length of the Thames whale plus postmortem findings led the scientists to conclude it was a young animal.
泰晤士河的死鲸相对较短的长度让科学界得出结论，它是一条幼鲸。
Neglect, dilapidation, storm and fire have gradually reduced it to a rusting hulk, like the rib-cage of a whale.
忽略掉它的破旧，还有暴风雨和大火慢慢地将它侵蚀成一座生锈的船一般，就像境遇的肋龙骨一样。
A humpback whale breathes air at the surface of the water through two blowholes which are located near the top of the head.
驼背鲸呼吸空气的方式是在水的表面，利用它头上面附近的二个通风孔。
All in all, the experience made it hard for me to keep a straight face when people referred to whale as a "delicacy. "
总之，这次体验让我很难理解为什么人们会把鲸鱼当作一种美食。
Michael got back on the boat and tried to cut the net off the whale with a small knife.
迈克尔回到船上，试图用一把小刀把捆住鲸鱼的网给割开。
A generation of Japanese schoolchildren grew up accustomed to having a bit of whale in their lunch boxes.
整整一代日本人在成长期都习惯在午餐合里放上一片鲸鱼。
The children had a whale of a time playing in the sand pit.
孩子们在沙坑里玩得非常高兴。
I first became acquainted with him on board a whale vessel.
当初，我是在一艘捕鲸船上同他结识的。
This occurred at a time that all kingdoms were fully conscious or self aware, although nonverbal like the dolphin and whale kingdoms.
这产生在所有王国都是全意识或自我意识的时期，尽管是象海豚和鲸鱼王国那样的非语言性质。
Moreover, the bones in the front part of a baleen whale's lower jaw, or mandible, aren't fused as they are in other mammals.
另外，须鲸下颚前部的骨骼，也就是所说的下颌骨，并不像其他哺乳动物一样是愈合在一起的。
He has a whale boat and used to go fishing in it, but now he is no longer strong enough to manage its unwieldy bulk.
他有一条捕鲸船，以往常常出海打鱼，如今气力不支，弄不了这条笨重的破船了。
They were trying to decide if it looked more like a whale or a shimmering serpent.
他们正在判断它是像一头鲸鱼，还是像粼光闪烁的一条长蛇。
The little whale is so happy to be home. She splashes in the water with her flippers . The other whales swim to her side.
小鲸鱼回到家很高兴。她用鱼鳍跃入水中。其他的鲸鱼游到她的身边。
They were unable to classify it, and, being scientific men, they climbed into the whale-boat alongside and went ashore to see.
她们没有分清到底属于哪类动物，可是她们都是研究科学的人，是以就划了个捕鲸船到岸上察看。
when a whale strands , it is nearly always very ill . as such , there is often little option but to end the stranded whales suffering.
由于搁浅的鲸鱼几乎都已身患重病，因此人类通常都在别无选择的情况下把它们人道毁灭。
the tongue of a blue whale is as long as an elephant. the heart of a blue whale is the size of a small car.
蓝鲸的舌头与一头大象的舌头一样长，且它的心脏相当于一辆小型汽车的尺寸大小。
Australian media say a lost humpback whale calf has bonded with a yacht it seems to think is its mother.
澳大利亚媒体指出，一只迷路的座头鲸宝宝一直黏着一艘游艇，似乎以为游艇是它的妈妈。
She notes, however, that her team has not found a case of skin cancer in any of the samples of whale skin it has examined thus far.
到目前为止，她的研究小组在检查过的鲸皮样品中尚未发现皮肤癌的病例。
When a boat got close enough to the whale, the harpooner threw his harpoon at it.
等船非常接近鲸鱼时，鱼叉手就以鱼叉向牠投射。
This was the call that announced there was about to be a whale hunt.
这是宣告捕鲸行动马上就要开始的声音。
The boat of whale watchers first thought the humpback was already dead as it was floating on top of the water.
起初，船上的观鲸者还以为这只座头鲸已经死了，因为它的身子已经浮在了水面上。
The humpback whale leapt out of the water and pulled the rigging and mast along with it as it slid down the boat.
肇事者是一头驼背鲸，它从水面跳出，然后扯下了桅杆上的绳子，把游艇拉翻了。
The RSPCA said, with the benefit of hindsight, it may have been better to put the whale down as soon as it was discovered.
RSPCA表示，这一系列惨痛教训表明，在发现鲸搁浅时，最明智的办法是对它尽快实施安乐死。
My novel Whale Song was the only novel of mine he had ever read. And this ties him to me even closer.
《鲸之歌》是他读过的唯一一本我的小说，这使我们的关系更近了。
The last whale hunters in the United States, native Alaskans ply slushy waters off the state's coast in a walrus-skin boat.
美国最后的猎鲸人，阿拉斯加原住民身着海象皮大衣，沿海岸线泥泞的水域，弓腰，候鲸。
When confronted, the restaurant accepted responsibility for serving whale, and now faces a fine of up to $200, 000.
当餐厅受到当面对证时，承认售卖鲸鱼，并面临了最高200,000美元的罚款。
In January 2006, a bottle-nosed whale died in the Thames after it was lifted on to a pontoon ready to be taken back out to sea.
2006年1月，一只搁浅的拜式鲸在被抬到驳船准备运回海中时不幸死亡。
A whale is a kind of mammal.
鲸是一种哺乳动物。
The receding tide stranded the whale.
退潮把鲸鱼搁浅在海滩上。
The whale nearest to the photographer is releasing air to aid its descent.
这只离摄影师最近的白鲸正呼出空气以帮助其下潜。
This type of whale is notable for its elongated beak. It dives deeper than 500 metres for food.
这种鲸因其瘦长的喙而闻名。它能够潜入深度超过500米的海中寻找食物。
They do not have a set migration pattern, unlike some other whale species - which raises questions about how they may adapt in future, if the projected declines in summer Arctic sea ice materialise.
它们没有一套迁徙的模式，不像其他的鲸类――假如夏季北极海冰像预计那样减少而成为现实的话，这就引起了关于它们如何适应未来的问题。
So whale come out fish, because they are fish obviously.
所以鲸鱼就是鱼，因为他们显然是鱼。
This sense of revelation is in part due to our changing attitude towards the whale.
与鲸鱼感到关联部分是由于和我们对鲸鱼态度发生了变化。