Whalebone
['weɪlbəʊn] or ['welbon]
解释:
(noun.) a horny material from the upper jaws of certain whales; used as the ribs of fans or as stays in corsets.
安娜贝拉录入--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) A firm, elastic substance resembling horn, taken from the upper jaw of the right whale; baleen. It is used as a stiffening in stays, fans, screens, and for various other purposes. See Baleen.
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娱乐性解释：
To see or work with whalebone in your dreams, you still form an alliance which will afford you solid benefit.
录入:莱斯特
例句:
- Trifling variations in the ingredients, in the proportion and in the heating, made it either pliable as kid, tougher than ox hide, as elastic as whalebone, or as rigid as flint. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- The quality of the whalebone also differs in the different species. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- The Greenland whale is one of the most wonderful animals in the world, and the baleen, or whalebone, one of its greatest peculiarities. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- Mrs. Harden, be it observed, was the housekeeper: a woman after Mr. Brocklehurst's own heart, made up of equal parts of whalebone and iron. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
录入:勒达