dolphin 的定义
- any of several chiefly marine, cetacean mammals of the family Delphinidae, having a fishlike body, numerous teeth, and the front of the head elongated into a beaklike projection.
- Also called dolphinfish, mahimahi, pompano dolphin . either of two large, slender fishes, Coryphaena hippurus or C. equisetis, of warm and temperate seas.
- Nautical. a pile, cluster of piles, or buoy to which a vessel may be moored in open water.a cluster of piles used as a fender, as at the entrance to a dock.a pudding fender at the nose of a tugboat or on the side of a vessel.
- Astronomy. the constellation Delphinus.
dolphin 近义词
等同于 cetacean
更多dolphin例句
- Sean Pierce, who captained the speedy 35-foot inflatable raft, narrated an entertaining trip that mixed snorkeling with stops as spinner dolphins or humpbacks came into view.
- The ocean soundtrack of the popular imagination is a largely silent one, interrupted only by the mournful aria of migrating whales or the acapella vocalizations of dolphin pods.
- Guards visit communities and share dolphin-rescue hotline numbers to report incidents of dolphins stranded on the riverbank or in canals.
- When dolphins play with air bubbles, they are honing their skills at confusing and catching prey.
- Previous studies had suggested dolphins can learn from peers.
- A popular beach bar was bulldozed to make way for a dolphin swim attraction.
- And if you make it all the way through, you'll even see a dolphin.
- But those hearts will likely be pounding a bit harder than if you had just seen, say, Dolphin Tale.
- “The truth came out… like a dolphin wiggling free of a blanket,” Colbert quipped.
- If Clint Eastwood and a dolphin had sex, I would be the spawn.
- Shoals of tunny-fish, (fish four and five feet long, and belonging to the dolphin tribe,) were seen tumbling about the ship.
- Of these the “Dolphin” is the largest, standing at the corner of Dragon Street, where the high-road passes by.
- For the rest, the “Dolphin” is a singularly dull and unromantic-looking house, painted a leaden hue.
- British commodore Byron sailed from the Downs in the Dolphin, on his voyage round the world.
- Thence home, and found Sir Williams both and much more company gone to the Dolphin to drink the 30s.