whale
whale概况
vt. 猛揍；使惨败
vi. 捕鲸
n. 鲸；巨大的东西
n. (Whale)人名；(英)惠尔
whale词义
n.
[动]鲸，鲸鱼；巨大的事物；
v.
捕鲸；击打，猛击；
变形
复数：whales过去式：whaled过去分词：whaled现在分词：whaling第三人称单数：whales
双语释义
n.(名词)[C] 鲸,鲸鱼 any of several types of very large mammal that live in the sea, some of which are hunted for their oil and flesh
英英释义
whale[ hweil ]
n.
a very large person; impressive in size or qualities
同义词：gianthulkheavyweight
any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head
v.hunt for whales
whale用法
词汇搭配
用作名词 (n.)
动词+～
catch a whale得大利
形容词+～
blue whale蓝鲸
bull〔cow〕 whale雄〔雌〕鲸
gray whale灰鲸
名词+～
humpback whale座头鲸
sperm whale抹香鲸
介词+～
a school of whales一群鲸鱼
～+介词
whale at〔for, on〕善于…的人,热衷于…的人
a whale of极大的,极好的,了不起的
词组短语
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
双语例句
用作名词(n.)
We may live to see the extinction of the whale.
人类或许能亲眼见到鲸的灭绝。
The whale thrashed the water with its tail.
那条鲸鱼不住地用尾巴击水。
The blue whale is the world's largest living animal.
蓝鲸是当今最大的动物。
用作动词(v.)
He used to whale me when he was sober and could get his hands on me.
他从前没喝醉的时候，只要能抓住我，总要打我一通。
权威例句
Whale songs lengthen in response to sonarEcology of whale falls at the deep-sea floor
Long term preservation of whale skin for DNA analysis
Demography of the endangered North Atlantic right whale.
Do Artifacts Have Politics - The whale and the reactor : a search for limits in an age of high technology
Estes JA, Tinker MT, Williams TM, and Doak DF. Killer whale predation on sea otters linking oceanic and nearshore ecosystems. Science
Structure of myoglobin refined at 2-0 A resolution. II. Structure of deoxymyoglobin from sperm whale
The shared wireless infostation model:a new ad hoc networking paradigm (or where there is a whale, there is a way)
Species identification using genetic tools: the value of nuclear and mitochondrial gene sequences in whale conservation
Structure of myoglobin refined at 2·0 Å resolution : I. Crystallographic refinement of metmyoglobin from sperm whale
whale词源
whale
whale: [OE] Whale comes from a prehistoric Germanic *khwal-, which also produced Swedish and Danish hval and the wal- of German walfisch ‘whale’. The expression a whale of, meaning ‘no end of’, originated in the USA towards the end of the 19th century.
whale (n.)
Old English hwæl "whale," also "walrus," from Proto-Germanic *hwalaz (cognates: 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- (cognates: 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.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.
whale (v.1)
"pursue the business of whale-fishing," 1700, from whale (n.). Whale-fishing is attested from 1570s.
whale造句
1. 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。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
2. The whale is the largest mammal in creation.
鲸是世上最大的哺乳类动物。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
3. A whale spouts water.
鲸鱼能喷水。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
4. The whale took a plunge into the deep water.
鲸鱼跳入深水。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
5. Chief among these motives was the overwhelming idea of the great whale himself.
在这些动机中，首先是那条大鲸，叫人一想起就没法按捺得下自己。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
6. A whale is no more a fish than a horse is.
鲸鱼不是鱼正如马不是鱼一样。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
7. A whale is no less a mammal than a horse is.
鲸鱼和马一样都是哺乳动物。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
8. The whale is the largest mammal in all creation.
鲸是全世界最大的哺乳动物。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
9. A flap from the tail of the whale upset the boat.
鲸尾轻轻一拍便把小船打翻了。
-- 来源 -- 轻轻松松背单词-蒋刚
10. The whale dived as the harpoon struck it.
鲸鱼被鱼叉射中後潜入水中.
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句