whalebone

单词whalebone

基本解释

n.: 鲸须
网络: 鲸骨；鲸须制品

权威解释

• 鲸须，鲸骨（几种鲸上腭的角质薄片，旧时用以支撑衣服）:

  a thin hard substance found in the upper jaw of some types of whale , used in the past to make some clothes stiffer

英汉解释

• 鲸须[骨];鲸须[骨]制品

词性分析

• 复数：whalebones

例句

• Any of several whales of the family Balaenidae, characterized by a large head, whalebone plates in the mouth, and absence of a dorsal fin.

  露脊鲸：露脊鲸科中的几种鲸，特征为头部硕大、嘴边长有鲸须而无背鳍。

• Why might she probe herself with a piece of whalebone? A turkey feather? A knitting needle?

  为何她可能会用鲸骨、火鸡羽毛或是毛衣针扎自己？

• large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat; of Atlantic and Pacific.

  大型平头须鲸，沿喉部有深沟槽；产于大西洋和太平洋。

• A lightweight corset bone originally made from the quills of domestic fowl as a substitute for whalebone.

  羽骨最初家禽的羽茎制成的作为鲸须代用品的轻质胸衣骨架

• A piece of whalebone or similar material used as a corset stay.

  用一块鲸骨或类似物做成的女用束腹的支撑物

• largest mammal ever known; bluish-gray migratory whalebone whale mostly of southern hemisphere.

  现知最大的哺乳动物；多数在南半球的蓝灰色定期迁移的须鲸。

• A whalebone whale (Balaena mysticetus) of Arctic seas, having a very large head and an arched upper jaw.

  北极露脊鲸，弓头鲸：生活在北冰洋的一种有鲸须的鲸鱼（北极露脊鲸露脊鲸属），具有大的头部和拱形的上颚。

• large arctic whalebone whale; allegedly the "right" whale to hunt because of its valuable whalebone and oil.

  大型水生须鲸；由于其鲸须和鲸油的价值高而被称为“好”鲸。