Dolphin
['dɒlfɪn] or ['dɑlfɪn]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) any of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout; larger than porpoises.
格里菲思校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A cetacean of the genus Delphinus and allied genera (esp. D. delphis); the true dolphin.
(n.) The Coryphaena hippuris, a fish of about five feet in length, celebrated for its surprising changes of color when dying. It is the fish commonly known as the dolphin. See Coryphaenoid.
(n.) A mass of iron or lead hung from the yardarm, in readiness to be dropped on the deck of an enemy's vessel.
(n.) A kind of wreath or strap of plaited cordage.
(n.) A spar or buoy held by an anchor and furnished with a ring to which ships may fasten their cables.
(n.) A mooring post on a wharf or beach.
(n.) A permanent fender around a heavy boat just below the gunwale.
(n.) In old ordnance, one of the handles above the trunnions by which the gun was lifted.
(n.) A small constellation between Aquila and Pegasus. See Delphinus, n., 2.
編輯:迈尔斯
解釋/意思:
n. an animal of the whale kind closely resembling the porpoise about 8 or 10 feet long: the coryph鎛a a fish about 5 feet in length noted for the brilliancy of its colours when dying.—ns. Dol′phinet (Spens.) a female dolphin; Dol′phin-fly a black aphis or plant-louse destructive to bean-plants.
整理:伊冯
娱乐性解釋/意思:
To dream of a dolphin, indicates your liability to come under a new government. It is not a very good dream.
唐纳德錄入
例句/造句/用法:
- Whenever he had the time to spare, he went off to Brasdimir for a dip in the sea, and would plunge and wallow in the water like a dolphin. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- The Ocean, The Phoenix, The Consort, The Dolphin, were passed in turns; but The Vivid was my ship, and it seemed she lay further down. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- The old lady's hearing decidedly improved and the unlucky Miller felt as much out of his element as a dolphin in a sentry-box. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- And must not we swim and try to reach the shore: we will hope that Arion's dolphin or some other miraculous help may save us? 柏拉圖. 理想國.
整理:彼得