单词详解

1. n. [C]

A. 鲸 (any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head)

We may live to see the extinction of the whale if we pay no attention to it.

人类如果对这个问题不重视的话或许能亲眼见到鲸的灭绝。

The whale thrashed the water with its tail. 那条鲸鱼不住地用尾巴击水。

The Blue Whale is the world’s largest living animal. 蓝鲸是世界上最大的动物。

B. 【口】巨大的人 (或物) (a very large person, impressive in size or qualities)

He is a whale at the local. 他在当地是一个大人物。

2. vi.

捕鲸（hunt for whales）

They whale for money and make the number of them get smaller and smaller.

他们为获利而捕鲸，使得鲸鱼的数量在不断减少。

相关单词

复数：whales

过去式：whaled

过去分词：whaled

现在分词：whaling

第三人称单数：whales