Whale

(noun.) any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head.

(verb.) hunt for whales.

雅克校对

• In 1724, this company had undertaken the whale fishery. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• They assailed the walrus, the bear, and the whale. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• No one regards the external similarity of a mouse to a shrew, of a dugong to a whale, of a whale to a fish, as of any importance. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• We can see the long, whale-backed ridge of Mount Hermon projecting above the eastern hills. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• It was thought at first the creature was a whale, but later it was classified as a fish, for it breathed through gills of which there were five in number. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The tonnage bounties given to the white herring and whale fisheries may, perhaps, be considered as somewhat of this nature. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• He was a most daring and successful seal and whale fisher. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• The Greenland whale is one of the most wonderful animals in the world, and the baleen, or whalebone, one of its greatest peculiarities. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• In 1890 McDougal’s whale-back steamers were introduced. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• However, now and then they take a whale that happens to be dashed against the rocks, which the common people feed on heartily. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• In bigness these greater _Dinosaurs_ have never been exceeded, although the sea can still show in the whales creatures as great. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Ducks, like whales, subsist by sifting the mud and water; and the family has sometimes been called Criblatores, or sifters. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• I hope that I may not be misconstrued into saying that the progenitors of whales did actually possess mouths lamellated like the beak of a duck. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• He knew as well as I did that it was just as likely, at that time of year, I was going down there whaling; but I felt complimented, too. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• The whaling fleets, long after gas came into use, were one of the greatest sources of our national wealth. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• How did yer whaling agree with yer, Tom? 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.

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