whaling

/hwey-ling, wey-/US // ˈʰweɪ lɪŋ, ˈweɪ- //UK // (ˈweɪlɪŋ) //

捕鲸,捕鲸业,捕鲸活动,捕鲸行为

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : the work or industry of capturing and rendering whales; whale fishing.
- : Digital Technology. a phishing attempt by someone posing as a company’s attorney, CEO, vendor, or other authorized entity in order to scam a payroll department, corporate executive, etc., out of money or confidential information: The source of the whaling gave all appearances of legitimacy and trustworthiness.

as inmassy

Forms: whalings

Synonyms

In the 18th and 19th centuries, these societies were confronted with the terrors of commercial whaling.
Legislation passed in the 1970s effectively put a stop to commercial whaling in the United States.
It was developed by islanders who from at least the 18th century survived by trading woolen products with the crews on passing cargo, fishing and whaling ships.
This whaling drove the global population from perhaps 100,000 to as few as 500 whales in 1920.
Smith says he’s now trying to determine if human activities, such as whaling, have led to the extinction of any of these unusual creatures.
His great grandfather sailed from Cape Verde and was involved in the whaling industry of Nantucket Island, Mass.
The Japanese will have to give up whaling “research” that killed many hundreds of the huge sea mammals each year.
The Court concluded that the hunts are actually whaling expeditions, not scientific research as Japan has claimed for many years.
Many argued that the feasibility study itself was commercial whaling.
I do have a certain amount of moral discomfort because of the situation with whaling.
And as for this other thing—the industrial side of it: that's a large order; a whaling big order.

/hwey-ling, wey-/US // ˈʰweɪ lɪŋ, ˈweɪ- //UK // (ˈweɪlɪŋ) //

捕鲸,捕鲸业,捕鲸活动,捕鲸行为

n.名词 noun

1
- : the work or industry of capturing and rendering whales; whale fishing.
- : Digital Technology. a phishing attempt by someone posing as a company’s attorney, CEO, vendor, or other authorized entity in order to scam a payroll department, corporate executive, etc., out of money or confidential information: The source of the whaling gave all appearances of legitimacy and trustworthiness.

as inmassy

Forms: whalings

Synonyms

In the 18th and 19th centuries, these societies were confronted with the terrors of commercial whaling.
Legislation passed in the 1970s effectively put a stop to commercial whaling in the United States.
It was developed by islanders who from at least the 18th century survived by trading woolen products with the crews on passing cargo, fishing and whaling ships.
This whaling drove the global population from perhaps 100,000 to as few as 500 whales in 1920.
Smith says he’s now trying to determine if human activities, such as whaling, have led to the extinction of any of these unusual creatures.
His great grandfather sailed from Cape Verde and was involved in the whaling industry of Nantucket Island, Mass.
The Japanese will have to give up whaling “research” that killed many hundreds of the huge sea mammals each year.
The Court concluded that the hunts are actually whaling expeditions, not scientific research as Japan has claimed for many years.
Many argued that the feasibility study itself was commercial whaling.
I do have a certain amount of moral discomfort because of the situation with whaling.
And as for this other thing—the industrial side of it: that's a large order; a whaling big order.