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TOEFL BNC: 4811 COCA: 4232

whale

Word family
Related topics: Animals
whale1 /weɪl/ ●●○ noun [countableC]   wail
1. HBAa very large animal that lives in the sea and looks like a fish, but is actually a mammal
2. have a whale of a time informalENJOY/LIKE DOING something to enjoy yourself very much 玩得非常愉快
nCOLLOCATIONS
adjectives
a beached/stranded whale (=one that is stuck on land)
The beached whales are quite obviously very distressed.
verbs
go whale-watching
You can go whale watching off the coast.
hunt whales
Some countries continue to hunt whales, even though they have no real use for them and the whales are in danger of extinction.
save the whales
Greenpeace campaigns to save the whales.
a whale breaches (=comes up through the surface of the water)
He got a picture of a whale breaching, with droplets of water glittering in the sun.
phrases
a school/pod of whales (=a group of whales)
A school of sperm whales was sighted.
whale + NOUN
whale music/song (=sounds made by whales)
Scientists believe that whale song is used to communicate.
whale oil (=fat from whales that has been made into oil)
Whale oil was used in lamps.
whale meat
Whale meat was once part of the local people's diet.
whale blubber (=fat from whales)
Examples from the Corpus
whale2 verb [intransitiveI] American EnglishAmE  
whale into/on somebody/something ATTACKto start hitting someone or something 开始攻击某人/某物
Origin whale1
Old English hwæl
whale2
(1700-1800) Perhaps from wale to mark someone's skin by hitting them ((15-20 centuries)), from wale weal; → WEAL
whale1 nounn COLLOCATIONS1whale2 verb
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TOEFL BNC: 4811 COCA: 4232
whale

noun

ADJECTIVE | ... OF WHALES | VERB + WHALE | WHALE + VERB | WHALE + NOUN ADJECTIVEbeached, stranded (especially BrE) 擱淺的鯨... OF WHALESpod, school一群鯨VERB + WHALEhunt, kill捕鯨harpoon用魚叉捕鯨save拯救鯨魚WHALE + VERBswim鯨游水dive鯨下潛sing鯨叫blow (sth)鯨噴(水)We saw a whale blowing a jet of spray high in the air.我們看見一頭鯨將水柱高高地噴向空中。breach (sth)鯨躍出(水面)Ahead, the whale breached the surface of the water.在前面,有一頭鯨躍出水面。beach itself, be washed up, wash up鯨擱淺;鯨被海浪沖到岸邊;把鯨沖上岸WHALE + NOUNhunter捕鯨者watching觀鯨meat, oil鯨肉;鯨油population, stocks鯨魚種群management and conservation of whale stocks對鯨魚種群的管理和保護song鯨魚的叫聲
TOEFL BNC: 4811 COCA: 4232
TOEFL BNC: 4811 COCA: 4232

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