(复同单, 或whales)
1- a very large marine mammal with a streamlined hairless body, a horizontal tail fin, and a blowhole on top of the head for breathing鲸。
1.1
- Order Cetacea.鲸目。 见BALEEN WHALE和TOOTHED WHALE.
短语
a whale of a -
- informal an exceedingly good example of a particular thing〈非正式〉极好的, 了不起的：
you've been doing a whale of a job.
你一直工作得很不错。
have a whale of a time
- enjoy oneself very much过得十分愉快。
词源
Old English hwæl, of Germanic origin.