whaleback
/hweyl-bak, weyl-/US // ˈʰweɪlˌbæk, ˈweɪl- //UK // (ˈweɪlˌbæk) //
鲸背,鲸回,鲸鱼背,鲸鱼回溯
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : Nautical. a cargo vessel having a hull with a convex deck.a deck or cover curving upward.
- : something shaped like the back of a whale, as a rounded hill or an ocean wave.
Examples
With ample artillery and fresh reserves at our command we were determined to gain the summit of the whaleback in a final drive.
An artistic illustration is given of the "whaleback" steamer, used principally on our Northern lakes.
I can't make out what they are on; but it looks like a whaleback to me, with her upper works carried away.
A large whaleback steamship may be relieved of its 200,000 bushels in about three hours.
Beyond them lay a filmy blue whaleback of an island which he was told was Sark, and it was to Sark he was bound.
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