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whale
7 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural whale or whales
plural whale or whales
Learner's definition of WHALE
1
[count] : an often very large animal that lives in the ocean and that is a mammal rather than a fish鲸 — see also blue whale, humpback whale, killer whale, sperm whale
2
[singular] informal : something that is very big, important, good, etc.巨大的东西 — + of
- It became one whale of a problem. [=a very big problem]这成了个大问题。
- We had a whale of a time [=a great time] at the party.我们在聚会上玩得很开心。
2 whale /ˈweɪl/ verb
whales; whaled; whaling
2 whale
/ˈweɪl/
verb
whales; whaled; whaling
Learner's definition of WHALE
US, informal
1
[+ object] : to hit (something) with great force and energy猛击（某物）
- He whaled the ball over the fence for a home run.他用力将球击出场外，打了个全垒打。
2
[no object] : to attack or hit someone or something repeatedly连续攻击，连续击打（某人或某事物） — often + at, into, or on — often + away
- She whaled on him [=she pounded him] with her fists.她不断用拳头打他。
- The manager was whaling into his employees. [=was angrily criticizing his employees]经理当时正在生气地批评他的员工。
- The candidates whaled away at each other.两位候选人不断相互抨击。
plural whales
often attributive
1
or plural whale : any of various very large, aquatic, marine mammals (order Cetacea) that have a torpedo-shaped body with a thick layer of blubber, paddle-shaped forelimbs but no hind limbs, a horizontally flattened tail, and nostrils that open externally at the top of the head
also : cetacean see baleen whale, toothed whale
whaled; whaling
Synonyms
Noun
- behemoth
- blockbuster
- colossus
- dinosaur
- dreadnought
- elephant
- giant
- Goliath
- jumbo
- leviathan
- mammoth
- mastodon
- monster
- titan
- whopper
Verb (2)
- bang
- bash
- bat
- belt
- biff
- bludgeon
- bob
- bonk
- bop
- box
- bust
- clap
- clip
- clobber
- clock
- clout
- crack
- hammer
- hit
- knock
- nail
- paste
- pound
- punch
- rap
- slam
- slap
- slog
- slug
- smack
- smite
- sock
- strike
- swat
- swipe
- tag
- thump
- thwack
- wallop
- whack
- zap
Example Sentences
Noun a whale of a pickup truck
Recent Examples on the Web
Joey Morona, cleveland, 8 Sep. 2022 Each probe is carrying a record, imprinted on gold, of sounds on Earth, including a baby’s cry, a whale’s song, music by Mozart and Chuck Berry, and greetings in 55 different languages. Tom Metcalfe, NBC News, 30 Aug. 2022 Dua wore matching bikini bottoms that peeked out of a sheer coverup, whale-tail style. Seventeen, 22 Aug. 2022 What is the biggest animal in the world?:Largest whale, land animal on earth broken down. Michael Goldberg, USA TODAY, 18 Aug. 2022 Seabirds noted from a whale watch off Provincetown included 2 Wilson’s storm-petrels, 220 Cory’s shearwaters, 1,050 great shearwaters, 12 sooty shearwaters, and 6 Manx shearwaters. BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2022 Farther east, massive pods of whales converge just off the shores of the De Hoop Nature Reserve in the Western Cape during peak whale season, from June through November. Jen Murphy, WSJ, 17 Aug. 2022 Experts see SAvEWhales as a useful addition to a growing field of passive whale-monitoring systems. Claudia Geib, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Aug. 2022 So has the fishing industry, expressing deep concern that the wind turbines would interfere with aerial surveillance of the North Atlantic Right Whale population, potentially leading to the death of an entangled whale. Oren Cass, CNN, 11 Aug. 2022 See More
Noun
Monstro, more monster than whale here, is scarier than ever before. Joey Morona, cleveland, 8 Sep. 2022 Each probe is carrying a record, imprinted on gold, of sounds on Earth, including a baby’s cry, a whale’s song, music by Mozart and Chuck Berry, and greetings in 55 different languages. Tom Metcalfe, NBC News, 30 Aug. 2022 Dua wore matching bikini bottoms that peeked out of a sheer coverup, whale-tail style. Seventeen, 22 Aug. 2022 What is the biggest animal in the world?:Largest whale, land animal on earth broken down. Michael Goldberg, USA TODAY, 18 Aug. 2022 Seabirds noted from a whale watch off Provincetown included 2 Wilson’s storm-petrels, 220 Cory’s shearwaters, 1,050 great shearwaters, 12 sooty shearwaters, and 6 Manx shearwaters. BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2022 Farther east, massive pods of whales converge just off the shores of the De Hoop Nature Reserve in the Western Cape during peak whale season, from June through November. Jen Murphy, WSJ, 17 Aug. 2022 Experts see SAvEWhales as a useful addition to a growing field of passive whale-monitoring systems. Claudia Geib, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Aug. 2022 So has the fishing industry, expressing deep concern that the wind turbines would interfere with aerial surveillance of the North Atlantic Right Whale population, potentially leading to the death of an entangled whale. Oren Cass, CNN, 11 Aug. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English, from Old English hwæl; akin to Old High German hwal whale and perhaps to Latin squalus sea fish
Verb (2)
origin unknown
First Known Use
Noun
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb (1)
1700, in the meaning defined above
Verb (2)
circa 1790, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of whale was before the 12th century Phrases Containing whale
noun
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