whalebone

/hweyl-bohn, weyl-/US // ˈʰweɪlˌboʊn, ˈweɪl- //UK // (ˈweɪlˌbəʊn) //

鲸骨,鲸鱼骨,鲸鱼骨头,鲸鱼皮

Definitions

n.名词 noun

The suffragettes got us the vote and they did it in whalebone corsets.
These steel ribs and this whalebone make it more like a piece of harness than anything else I can think of.
She bit and thrashed and tore at him, her bare little body hard as whalebone and slippery with sweat.
The travellers consisted of an old French lady and gentleman; Madame in a high crimped cap, and stiff long whalebone stays.
Well, if the oil is replaced and whalebone has no value, what is to be got out of whaling now, then?
But within the last ten years there have been so many substitutes for whalebone that its value has gone down.