humpback

英 [ˈhʌmpbæk]

美 [ˈhʌmpbæk]

n.  座头鲸

复数：humpbacks　过去式：humpbacked　

TEM8医学

BNC.36890 / COCA.21537

柯林斯词典

• 座头鲸
  Ahumpbackor ahumpback whaleis a large whale with a curved back.

英英释义

noun

• large whalebone whale with long flippers noted for arching or humping its back as it dives
  Synonym:humpback whaleMegaptera novaeangliae
• a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine
  Synonym:hunchbackcrookback
• an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column
  Synonym:kyphosishunchback

双语例句

• Forty tons of gleaming muscle, a humpback whale blasts out of the water near South Africa.
  一条四十吨重的驼背鲸跳跃出水面，这是南非水域附近的一幕。
• Researchers in Australia have discovered that some tunes sung by mating humpback whales become popular across the ocean and are copied by other whales thousands of kilometres away.
  澳大利亚研究人员发现，交配期驼背鲸唱的一些旋律会在大洋中流行，并且会被几千千米外的其他鲸模仿。
• A preliminary analysis of genetic variation at three MHC loci of the Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin ( Sousa chinensis)
  中华白海豚3个MHC基因座位遗传变异的初步分析（英文）
• It features video of humpback whales frolicking in the sea and Australia's Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull interviewing Australian children who oppose Japan's whaling program.
  该影片录制了驼背鲸在水中嬉戏的画面以及澳大利亚环境部长MalcolmTurnball对反日本鲸鱼项目的澳大利亚儿童的采访。
• Male humpback whales combine groans, cries and shrieks into repeated patterns to make up their signature song.
  雄鲸将叹息，哭泣和尖叫组合起来，形成有特色的歌声。
• Some of the kinds of whales are the blue whale, the humpback, the gray whale, and the white whale.
  鲸鱼的种类还包括蓝鲸，座头鲸，灰鲸和白鲸。
• What scientists do know is that the journey of this humpback shows the flexibility in whales'behavior and ability to behave in ways we don't understand.
  科学家们只知道，这头座头鲸的旅行充分展示了鲸鱼的灵活性，它们身上，还有人们尚未了解的行为方式。
• Male humpback whales have their own version of popular songs, and their hits spread through the ocean to other whales, according to an Australian study released.
  澳大利亚研究人员近期发现，雄性座头鲸也有“流行歌曲”，他们所唱之歌能够长距离“传唱”给其他鲸类。
• Japan set to break a decades-old moratorium on hunting the famed humpback whale during its largest ever scientific whaling program that sets sail for the South Pacific.
  日本启动迄今为止最大的“科研捕鲸”项目，捕鲸船将违反国际禁令，前往南太平洋捕杀著名的驼背鲸。
• A must-see stop on any adventurous traveler's itinerary, a trip from Anchorage to Glacier Bay on Carnival Alaska will include sightings of numerous seabirds, otters, bears and even humpback whales.
  冰川湾是喜欢冒险的旅客必须要去的地方。从安克雷奇到冰川湾的旅途中，你可以看到无数的海鸟、水獭、熊、甚至是座头鲸。