| 单词 | whale |
| 释义 | whaleWord family nounwhalerwhalerywhalebackwhaleboatwhalebonewhalemanwhaleadjectivewhaling Animals whale1 /weɪl/ ●●○ noun [countableC] → wail1. HBAa very large animal that lives in the sea and looks like a fish, but is actually a mammal 鲸 2. have a whale of a time informalENJOY/LIKE DOING something to enjoy yourself very much 玩得非常愉快 n COLLOCATIONS adjectives a beached/stranded whale (=one that is stuck on land) verbsThe beached whales are quite obviously very distressed. go whale-watching You can go whale watching off the coast. hunt whales Some countries continue to hunt whales, even though they have no real use for them and the whales are in danger of extinction. save the whales Greenpeace campaigns to save the whales. a whale breaches (=comes up through the surface of the water) phrasesHe got a picture of a whale breaching, with droplets of water glittering in the sun. a school/pod of whales (=a group of whales) whale + NOUNA school of sperm whales was sighted. whale music/song (=sounds made by whales) Scientists believe that whale song is used to communicate. whale oil (=fat from whales that has been made into oil) Whale oil was used in lamps. whale meat Whale meat was once part of the local people's diet. whale blubber (=fat from whales) Examples from the Corpus whale• In fact the Minke whale, the smallest species, has always been hunted with a non-explosive grenade.• The Minke whales, which are numerous, should be culled because they are impeding the recovery of the endangered Blue Whale.• So these particular species of bat or whale are living and working in a sonar world.• But he forgot his natural talents such as hunting and speaking to other whales.• Up to this point Ishmael has told us a good deal about the great sperm whale.• There the whales deliberately tilt the floes so that seals slide off into the water and into the jaws of their attackers.• The only trouble was, the whales sank when killed.• Echolocation, too, plays an important role in food hunting for dolphins and toothed whales. whale2 verb [intransitiveI] American EnglishAmE whale into/on somebody/something ATTACKto start hitting someone or something 开始攻击某人/某物 Old English hwæl whale2 (1700-1800) Perhaps from wale “to mark someone's skin by hitting them” ((15-20 centuries)), from wale “weal”; → WEAL |
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