cachalot

n. 抹香鲸

发音

UK /ˈkaʃəlɒt/
UK /ˈkaʃələʊ/
US /ˈkæ.ʃəˌlɑt/

词形变化

cachalots 复数 cachalots

别名

cachalote cacholot

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus.

词汇关系

名词

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Old Latin kapiō Latin capiō Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Indo-European *-tlomder. Latin -ulum Latin capulum Portuguese cacho Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin -oluslbor. Portuguese -ola Portuguese cachola Portuguese -ote Portuguese cachalotebor. French cachalotbor. English cachalot Borrowed from French cachalot, from Portuguese cachalote, from cachola (“head”) + -ote.

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