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

• The blue whale is the largest living thing on the planet
  蓝鲸是地球上体型最大的生物。
• The whale blows.
  鲸鱼喷水。
• A whale and a shark live in the ocean.
  鲸鱼和鲨鱼生活在大海里。
• This is the largest sperm whale in the world.
  这是世界上最大的一头巨头鲸。
• In a storm, water spouts out of the blowhole just like a whale.
  在暴风雨中，水从出气孔中喷射出来，就像鲸鱼喷水一样。
• 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。
• The whale is no more a fish than the dog is.
  鲸鱼和狗一样都不是鱼。
• New program has the show of dolphin and homicide whale, have headroom diving.
  新奇的节目有海豚和杀人鲸的表演，并有高空跳水。
• A whale is a huge animal.
  鲸是庞大的动物。
• A village's entire beach and harbor can be fouled by a single rotting whale
  一只腐烂的死鲸就足以弄脏一个村子的整片海滩和港口。