whaling
英 [ˈweɪlɪŋ] 美 [ˈhwelɪŋ, ˈwel-]

n.

捕鲸业；一阵痛打；

vt.

捕鲸(whale的ing形式)；鞭打；

英英释义

whale[ 'weiliŋ ]

• n.
  • a very large person; impressive in size or qualities

    同义词：gianthulkheavyweight

  • any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head
• v.hunt for whales

词组短语

a whale of a[美国口语]了不起的，非常大的，极大的；极好的，精彩的

blue whale[动]蓝鲸

sperm whale 巨头鲸；抹香鲸（等于Physeter catodon）

killer whale[动]逆戟鲸

white whale白鲸

whale meat鲸鱼肉

right whale露脊鲸

humpback whale座头鲸；驼背鲸

whale shark鲸鲨

beaked whale突吻鲸；[动]剑吻鲸；喙鲸

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双语例句

用作名词(n.)

1. The commission is calling for a global ban on whaling.
   委员会要求全球禁止捕鲸。
2. We have campaigned against whaling for the last 15 years.
   我们最近15年一直参加反对捕鲸的运动。
3. Communities on the island depended on whaling for their livelihood.
   岛上的居民靠捕鲸为生。

权威例句

Validity of whaling data
The history of modern whaling
Whales before whaling in the North Atlantic.
Modelling the past and future of whales and whaling
Which Whales Are Hunted? A Molecular Genetic Approach to Monitoring Whaling
Methylmercury exposure and adverse cardiovascular effects in Faroese whaling men.
Abrupt mid-twentieth-century decline in Antarctic sea-ice extent from whaling records
Mammal-eating killer whales, industrial whaling, and the sequential megafaunal collapse in the North Pacific Ocean: A reply to criti...
Developing management procedures that are robust to uncertainty: lessons from the International Whaling Commission
Epstein, Charlotte. 2008. The Power of Words in International Relations: Birth of an Anti-Whaling Discourse. Cambridge, MA: The MIT ...