sea horse

短语

海马

发音

US
US

词形变化

sea horses 复数

别名

seahorse

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any of the small fish of the genus Hippocampus that have a horselike head and swim upright.

    海马

  2. 2.

    Any of a series of high-value British stamps issued during the reign of King George V, featuring a depiction of Britannia on a chariot in choppy seas.

  3. 3.

    A hippopotamus.

    废旧

    As most authors mention the hippopotamus under the names of the sea-horse, or the sea-cow, he has sometimes been confounded with the latter, which inhabits only the northern seas.

  4. 4.

    A walrus.

    废旧
  5. 5.

    Synonym of hippocampus.

    宗教 神话 哲学

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

walrus

上位词 3

needlefish pinniped pipefish

词源

From Middle English sehors (“walrus”), equivalent to sea + horse. Probably a calque of obsolete French cheval de mer or directly of Late Latin caballus marinus.

来源：wiktionary