單詞
grampus
英 ['gr?mp?s]
基本信息
- n. 逆戟鯨；呼吸聲粗重的人；大鐵鉗
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?grampuses;
英文詞源
- grampus (n.)
- a word applied to killer whales and other large, dolphin-like creatures, 1590s, earlier graundepose (1520s), altered (by influence of grand) from Middle English graspeys (late 13c.), from Anglo-French grampais, from Old French graspois, craspois "whale, (salted) whale meat; blubber; seal," from Medieval Latin craspicis, literally "great fish" or "fat fish," from Latin crassus "thick" + piscis "fish" (see fish (n.)). For specifics of usage in English, see OED.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. The stairs made him puff like a grampus.
- 爬樓梯爬得他氣喘如牛.
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- 2. A cetacean ( Grampus griseus ) related to and resembling the dolphins but lacking a beaklike snout.
- 灰海豚,逆戟鯨一種與海豚有親緣關(guān)系并形似海豚的鯨類(lèi)動(dòng)物 ( 灰海豚灰海豚屬 ),但缺少喙?fàn)羁诒遣?
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