whale
whale 英 [weɪl] 美 [hwel, wel]
n. 鲸
进行时:whaling 过去式:whaled 过去分词:whaled 第三人称单数:whales 名词复数:whales
- A whale is a large mammal that lives in the ocean. Whales need to breathe air periodically, and the blowholes on their heads help them do this. Blue whales are the largest animals that ever lived — they're even bigger than the largest dinosaurs were!
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- n. 鲸
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1. whale meat
鲸肉
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2. A whale is a kind of mammal.
鲸是一种哺乳动物。
- whale (n.) Old English hwæl "whale," also "walrus," from Proto-Germanic *hwalaz (source also of Old Saxon hwal, Old Norse hvalr, hvalfiskr, Swedish val, Middle Dutch wal, walvisc, Dutch walvis, Old High German wal, German Wal), from PIE *(s)kwal-o- (source also of Latin squalus "a kind of large sea fish"). Phrase whale of a "excellent or large example" is c. 1900, student slang. Whale-oil attested from mid-15c.
- whale (v.1) "pursue the business of whale-fishing," 1700, from whale (n.). Whale-fishing is attested from 1570s.
- whale (v.2) "beat, whip severely," 1790, possibly a variant of wale (v.) "to mark with 'wales' or stripes" (early 15c.), from wale (n.). Related: Whaled; whaling.
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