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porpoise

/pawr-puhs/US // ˈpɔr pəs //UK // (ˈpɔːpəs) //

鼠海豚,江豚,海豚,鼠辈

Related Words

mammal哺乳动物,哺乳类动物,哺乳类,哺乳动物类whale鲸鱼,鲸,海豚grampus沼泽地,沼泽,大猩猩,沼气narwal纳瓦尔,纳瓦勒dolphin海豚,海豚类,海豹,海盗beluga白鲸,白鲸鱼,白鲸号,白鲟orca虎鲸,鲸鱼,虎鲸号,逆戟鲸whopper巨无霸,呜呜呜,呜呼cetacean鲸类动物,鲸目动物,鲸类,鲸鱼类baleen鲸鱼,鲸类,鲸须,鲸鱼皮finback鳍背,翅背,翅背式,鳍状物rorqual润格,润华,润华公司,润华集团cete圆锥体,圆顶,圆柱体cetaCETAorc兽人,兽人族,兽族,兽族人seiSEI

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    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.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    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.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as incetacean
Synonyms
beluga白鲸,白鲸鱼,白鲸号,白鲟dolphin海豚,海豚类,海豹,海盗grampus沼泽地,沼泽,大猩猩,沼气mammal哺乳动物,哺乳类动物,哺乳类,哺乳动物类narwal纳瓦尔,纳瓦勒orca虎鲸,鲸鱼,虎鲸号,逆戟鲸whale鲸鱼,鲸,海豚cete圆锥体,圆顶,圆柱体
as inwhale
Synonyms
mammal哺乳动物,哺乳类动物,哺乳类,哺乳动物类baleen鲸鱼,鲸类,鲸须,鲸鱼皮beluga白鲸,白鲸鱼,白鲸号,白鲟cetacean鲸类动物,鲸目动物,鲸类,鲸鱼类finback鳍背,翅背,翅背式,鳍状物grampus沼泽地,沼泽,大猩猩,沼气narwhal独角鲸,一角鲸,独角兽,独角仙orca虎鲸,鲸鱼,虎鲸号,逆戟鲸rorqual润格,润华,润华公司,润华集团whopper巨无霸,呜呜呜,呜呼cetaCETAcete圆锥体,圆顶,圆柱体orc兽人,兽人族,兽族,兽族人seiSEI

Examples

  • 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.

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