dolphin

单词音标

dolphin音标[\'dɒlfin]

汉语翻译

n. 海豚

英语解释

名词 dolphin:

large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (especially around Hawaii)

同义词：dolphinfish, mahimahi

any of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout; larger than porpoises

例句

The head of the dolphin popped up quite near the boat.

那海豚的头在离船很近的地方冒出来。

The dolphin balanced the ball on its nose.

海豚用鼻子顶着球，使其保持平衡。

We like to see the performance of dolphins.

我们喜欢看海豚的表演。

详细解释

dol.phin

n.（名词）

Any of various marine cetacean mammals, such as the bottle-nosed dolphin, of the family Delphinidae, related to the whales but generally smaller and having a beaklike snout.

海豚：一种海豚科海洋鲸类哺乳动物，如的宽吻海豚，与鲸近似但一般比鲸小且有喙状吻

Either of two marine game fishes(Coryphaena hippurus or C. equisetis) having iridescent coloring.

鲯鳅：两种色彩斑斓的海洋捕猎鱼（鲯鳅 或 棘鲯鳅）

来源：

Middle English

中古英语

from Old French daulfin

源自 古法语 daulfin

blend of daufin

混合了 daufin

Old Provenôal dalfin

古普罗旺斯语 dalfin

both from Medieval Latin *dalfinus

都源自 中世纪拉丁语 *dalfinus

from Latin delphinus

源自 拉丁语 delphinus

from Greek delphis delfin-

源自 希腊语 delphis delfin-

from delphus [womb (from its shape)]

源自 delphus [子宫（因其形状而有此意）]