whalebone

英汉释义

• na.

  1.鲸须[骨];鲸须[骨]制品

英英释义

• n.

  1.a hard substance from whales that was used in the past to make women’s clothing stiff

英汉例句

• 1.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。

• 2.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？

• 3.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。

• 4.A lightweight corset bone originally made from the quills of domestic fowl as a substitute for whalebone.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

• 5.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

• 6.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。

• 7.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。

• 8.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。