whelp

FREQ #47366

n. 小狗 v. 下崽

发音

其它 /wɛlp/

词形变化

whelps 复数 whelps whelped whelpeth whelping whelps 三单 whelping 现在分词 whelped 过去式 whelped 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A young offspring of a various carnivores (canid, ursid, felid, pinniped), especially of a dog or a wolf, the young of a bear or similar mammal (lion, tiger, seal); a pup, wolf cub.

  2. 2.

    An insolent youth; a mere child.

    贬义

    July 13, 1713, Joseph Addison, The Guardian That awkward whelp with his money bags would have made his entrance.

    October 22, 2011, Princess Luna, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, "Luna Eclipsed" Thy backside is whole and ungobbled, thou ungrateful whelp!

  3. 3.

    A kind of ship.

    废旧
  4. 4.

    One of several wooden strips to prevent wear on a windlass on a clipper-era ship.

  5. 5.

    A tooth on a sprocket wheel (compare sprocket and cog).

v.
  1. 1.

    To give birth.

    及物/不及物

    The bitch whelped.

    The she-wolf whelped a large litter of cubs.

interj.
  1. 1.

    Alternative form of welp (“well”).

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

pup

下位词 1

puppy
动词

同义词 1

pup

上位词 5

have bear birth deliver give birth

相关短语

wolf whelp fox whelp fox's whelp wolf's whelp

词源

From Middle English whelp, from Old English hwelp, from Proto-West Germanic *hwelp, from Proto-Germanic *hwelpaz (compare Dutch welp, German Welpe, Welfe, Old Norse hvelpr, Norwegian Nynorsk kvelp, Danish hvalp), from pre-Germanic *kʷelbos, of uncertain origin.

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