whiting

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n. 白粉, 白垩 [医] 白粉, 精制碳酸钙

发音

AU /ˈwaɪtɪŋ/

词形变化

whitings 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A fine white chalk used in paints, putty, whitewash etc.

    白粉

    白垩

    大白

    不可数

    1918, Hannah Teresa Rowley, Mrs. Helen Louise (Wales) Farrell, Principles of Chemistry Applied to the Household Precipitated calcium carbonate, a very fine powdery form, is used as a basis for many tooth powders and pastes. As whiting it finds a wide use in cleaning metals of their tarnishes.

  2. 1.

    A fish, Merlangius merlangus (family Gadidae), similar to cod, found in the North Atlantic; English whiting (US).

    雪鱼

    牙鳕

    鳕鱼

  3. 2.

    Any fish of many species that resemble Merlangius merlangus:

    in family Gadidae:

    Any of several marine fish found in North American coastal waters, including hakes (genus Merluccius), especially Merluccius bilinearis (silver hake).

    美国
  4. 3.

    Any fish of many species that resemble Merlangius merlangus:

    in family Gadidae:

    Alaska pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus, syn. Theragra chalcogramma).

    加拿大
  5. 4.

    Any fish of many species that resemble Merlangius merlangus:

    in family Gadidae:

    A blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou), a marine fish of the Northern Hemisphere.

  6. 5.

    Any fish of many species that resemble Merlangius merlangus:

    in family Gadidae:

    A southern blue whiting (Micromesistius australis), a marine fish of the Southern Hemisphere.

  7. 6.

    Any fish of many species that resemble Merlangius merlangus:

    in family Sillaginidae, smelt-whitings, inhabiting Indo-Pacific marine coasts, many species of which are commercially important whitefish.

  8. 7.

    Any fish of many species that resemble Merlangius merlangus:

    in family Sciaenidae, Menticirrhus americanus (Carolina whiting, king whiting, southern kingcroaker, and southern kingfish) found along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States.

v.
  1. 1.

    present participle and gerund of white

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相关短语

词源

From white + -ing.

来源:wiktionary