Porpoise
['pɔːpəs;'pɒpɒɪs] or ['pɔrpəs]
解释:
(noun.) any of several small gregarious cetacean mammals having a blunt snout and many teeth.
整理:劳埃德--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) Any small cetacean of the genus Phocaena, especially P. communis, or P. phocaena, of Europe, and the closely allied American species (P. Americana). The color is dusky or blackish above, paler beneath. They are closely allied to the dolphins, but have a shorter snout. Called also harbor porpoise, herring hag, puffing pig, and snuffer.
(n.) A true dolphin (Delphinus); -- often so called by sailors.
奥尔登录入
解释:
n. a genus of Cetecea in the family Delphinid 4 to 8 feet long gregarious affording oil and leather—anciently Por′pess.
录入:谢里夫
娱乐性解释：
To see a porpoise in your dreams, denotes enemies are thrusting your interest aside, through your own inability to keep people interested in you.
录入:威廉姆斯
例句:
- The _Mosasaurs_ were a third group of great porpoise-like marine lizards. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Golz knew that once they had passed overhead and on, the bombs would fall, looking like porpoises in the air as they tumbled. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- We saw the usual sharks, blackfish, porpoises, &c. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
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