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porpoise

英 /ˈpɔːpəs/美 /ˈpɔːrpəs/
  • n.
    海豚；鼠海豚
复数porpoises或porpoise
第三人称单数porpoises
现在分词porpoising
过去式porpoised
过去分词porpoised
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双语例句

  1. There's a porpoise close behind us, and he's treading on my tail.
    我们后面有一只海豚，它正踩着我的尾巴。
  2. One would have thought that Pinocchio had turned into a porpoise playing in the sun.
    人们大概会以为，皮诺乔变成了一只海豚，在阳光下玩耍。
  3. The finless porpoise prefer to live in shallow, warm waters like those of theYangtze River.
    江豚喜欢生活在长江这种较为温暖，黑暗的水中。

相关短语

  • finless porpoise
    江豚；新鼠海豚；江猪
  • harbour porpoise
    鼠海豚；港湾鼠海豚
  • Management as Porpoise
    海豚式管理
  • Porpoise Bay
    海豚湾；地区名副其实的海豚湾
  • Harbor porpoise
    鼠海豚；港湾鼠海豚

同义词

n.
sea hogcommon dolphin
[脊椎]海豚；鼠海豚

英英释义

  • n.any of several small gregarious cetacean mammals having a blunt snout and many teeth

词源

  • porpoise海豚，鼠海豚
    来自古法语porpais,猪鱼，海豚，来自porc,猪，词源同pork,peis,鱼，词源同fish.因海豚圆鼓鼓的肚子形如猪肚而得名。
  • porpoise海豚
    词根por-指“猪”，来自拉丁语porcus“猪”，同源词如pork（猪肉）、porcine（猪的）；词根-pois-指“鱼”，来自拉丁语piscis“鱼”，和单词fish（鱼）同源，这是昨天提到的p、f音变的又一例子；所以该词字面义“像猪的鱼”，猜测可能和海豚壮硕的体态有关。