grampus
/ˈgræmpəs/noun
(pl. grampuses)
1
- a cetacean of the dolphin family, in particular灰海豚; 逆戟鲸, 虎鲸, 尤指：
1.1
- another term for RISSO'S DOLPHIN.
1.2
- another term for KILLER WHALE.
2
- Brit. used in comparisons to convey the fact that someone is breathing heavily and loudly〈英〉呼吸粗重：
he was now puffing like a grampus.
他现在喘得像头鲸鱼一样。
词源
early 16th cent.: alteration （by association with GRAND'big'） of Old French grapois, from medieval Latin craspiscis, from Latin crassus piscis 'fat fish'.