porpoise 的 2 个定义
plural por·poise, por·pois·es.
- any of several small, gregarious cetaceans of the genus Phocoena, usually blackish above and paler beneath, and having a blunt, rounded snout, especially the common porpoise, P. phocoena, of both the North Atlantic and Pacific.
- any of several other small cetaceans, as the common dolphin, Delphinus delphis.
por·poised, por·pois·ing.
- to leap clear of the water after striking a wave.
- to appear above the surface of the water.
- to move forward with a rising and falling motion in the manner of a porpoise: The car has a tendency to porpoise when overloaded.
porpoise 近义词
等同于 cetacean
等同于 whale
更多porpoise例句
- Whales, dolphins and porpoises all live in water, but they’re not fish.
- From time to time a porpoise swam up, and with a sudden roll disappeared below the scarcely ruffled surface.
- There is a rotund, porpoise-shaped globular gentleman known of these parts as 'Bim the Button Man.'
- Tad made a long, curving dive not unlike that of a porpoise.
- The girls plump as a young porpoise, an shes mine, an Im going to keep her; you can lay to that!
- They were like silver gulls escorting limitless schools of porpoise through placid waters.