porpoise

/pawr-puhs/US // ˈpɔr pəs //UK // (ˈpɔːpəs) //

鼠海豚,江豚,海豚,鼠辈

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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plural por·poise, por·pois·es.
- : any of several small, gregarious cetaceans of the genus Phocoena, usually blackish above and paler beneath, and having a blunt, rounded snout, especially the common porpoise, P. phocoena, of both the North Atlantic and Pacific.
- : any of several other small cetaceans, as the common dolphin, Delphinus delphis.

v.无主动词 verb

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por·poised, por·pois·ing.
- : to leap clear of the water after striking a wave.
- : to appear above the surface of the water.
- : to move forward with a rising and falling motion in the manner of a porpoise: The car has a tendency to porpoise when overloaded.

as incetacean

Synonyms

Whales, dolphins and porpoises all live in water, but they’re not fish.
From time to time a porpoise swam up, and with a sudden roll disappeared below the scarcely ruffled surface.
There is a rotund, porpoise-shaped globular gentleman known of these parts as 'Bim the Button Man.'
Tad made a long, curving dive not unlike that of a porpoise.
The girls plump as a young porpoise, an shes mine, an Im going to keep her; you can lay to that!
They were like silver gulls escorting limitless schools of porpoise through placid waters.

/pawr-puhs/US // ˈpɔr pəs //UK // (ˈpɔːpəs) //

鼠海豚,江豚,海豚,鼠辈

n.名词 noun

1
plural por·poise, por·pois·es.
- : any of several small, gregarious cetaceans of the genus Phocoena, usually blackish above and paler beneath, and having a blunt, rounded snout, especially the common porpoise, P. phocoena, of both the North Atlantic and Pacific.
- : any of several other small cetaceans, as the common dolphin, Delphinus delphis.

v.无主动词 verb

1
por·poised, por·pois·ing.
- : to leap clear of the water after striking a wave.
- : to appear above the surface of the water.
- : to move forward with a rising and falling motion in the manner of a porpoise: The car has a tendency to porpoise when overloaded.

as incetacean

Synonyms

Whales, dolphins and porpoises all live in water, but they’re not fish.
From time to time a porpoise swam up, and with a sudden roll disappeared below the scarcely ruffled surface.
There is a rotund, porpoise-shaped globular gentleman known of these parts as 'Bim the Button Man.'
Tad made a long, curving dive not unlike that of a porpoise.
The girls plump as a young porpoise, an shes mine, an Im going to keep her; you can lay to that!
They were like silver gulls escorting limitless schools of porpoise through placid waters.