whaler

FREQ #48157

n. 捕鲸者, 捕鲸船

发音

UK /ˈweɪlə/
AU /ˈhweɪlɚ/
US /ˈweɪlɚ/

词形变化

whalers 复数 whalers

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    One who whales (flogs or beats).

  2. 2.

    A large, strong person.

    俚语
  3. 3.

    One who hunts whales; any person employed in the whaling industry.

    Near-synonym: whaleman

  4. 4.

    A seagoing vessel used for hunting whales.

    航海 交通

    Near-synonym: whaleship

  5. 5.

    Something of unusually great size, a whopper, a whacker.

    俚语
  6. 6.

    Any shark of the family Carcharhinidae; a requiem shark.

    澳大利亚

    2003, Mark Thornley, Veda Dante, Peter Wilson, Action Guide: Surfing Australia, Tuttle Publishing, HK, page 264, The whaler shark family, which includes the grey reef shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos),silvertip (Carcharhinus albimarginatus), bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas) and bronze whaler (Carcharhinus brachyurus) are fast moving, territorial and have bitten divers snd surfers in the past.

  7. 7.

    A sundowner; one who cruises about.

    澳大利亚 过时 俚语

词汇关系

名词

上位词 10

jack ship tar gob seaman mariner seafarer jacktar old salt sea dog

下位词 1

factory ship

相关短语

bronze whaler Murrumbidgee whaler

词源

From whale + -er. In sense 1, displaced Old English hwælhunta (literally “whale hunter”).

来源：wiktionary