whale

英 [weɪl]

美 [weɪl]

n.  鲸
v.  捕鲸; 击打; 猛击

复数：whales　现在分词：whaling　过去式：whaled　第三人称单数：whales　过去分词：whaled　

中考高考CET4CET6考研TOEFLTEM8

Collins.2 / BNC.4811 / COCA.4232

习惯用语

n.

have a whale of a time
• 玩得很痛快；过得非常快活
  to enjoy yourself very much; to have a very good time

牛津词典

noun

• 鲸
  a very large animal that lives in the sea and looks like a very large fish. There are several types of whale , some of which are hunted.
  1. whale meat
     鲸肉

柯林斯词典

• → see:See also
• PHRASE 非常高兴;非常愉快
  If you say that someoneis having a whale of a time, you mean that they are enjoying themselves very much.
  1. I had a whale of a time in Birmingham.
     我在伯明翰度过了一段非常快乐的时光。

英英释义

noun

• any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head
• a very large person
  Synonym:gianthulkheavyweight

verb

• hunt for whales

双语例句

• We saw some dolphins, a whale and royal albatross.
  我们看见海豚、一条鲸鱼、和信天翁。
• A whale is a kind of mammal.
  鲸是一种哺乳动物。
• Predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas.
  黑白色食肉型有牙齿和大型背鳍的鲸；常见于寒冷的海水中。
• After the kill the men and old women collect in an open space and eat a meal of whale meat.
  捕杀过后，男人们和老年妇女们聚集到一片空地上吃了一顿鲸鱼肉。
• The blue whale is the largest living thing on the planet
  蓝鲸是地球上体型最大的生物。
• A whale is a huge animal.
  鲸是庞大的动物。
• The whale blows.
  鲸鱼喷水。
• Whale is not a fish; it is a mammal.
  鲸不是鱼类，它是一种哺乳动物。
• The whale is not a fish but a mammal.
  鲸不是鱼，而是哺乳动物。
• Fin whale has become a periscope?
  鲸鱼鳍成了潜望镜？