white whale

短语

n. 白鲸

发音

其它 /waɪt ˈweɪl/

词形变化

white whales 复数 white whales

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Synonym of beluga (“the beluga whale, Delphinapterus leucas, a cetacean found in the Arctic Ocean”)

  2. 2.

    Any whale of the family Monodontidae, which comprises the beluga whales and narwhals (Monodon monoceros), and some extinct species.

  3. 3.

    An obsession, a monomania.

    比喻
  4. 4.

    A printing plate, used to manufacture a particular sports card, that is then issued as a collectible itself.

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词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

beluga

上位词 1

dolphin

词源

From white + whale. The figurative senses refer to the novel Moby-Dick (1851) by the American writer Herman Melville (1819–1891), in which Captain Ahab relentlessly pursues a rare albino sperm whale.

来源：wiktionary