whale /hweil/
Meaning
English definition
- (n.) any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head
- (v.) hunt for whales
Chinese translation
- n. 鲸
- vi. 捕鲸
- vt. 使惨败, 猛揍
Word details
- Part of speech
- noun
- Pronunciation
- /hweil/
- Syllables
- 1
- Exam levels
- Middle-school · Gaokao · CET-4 · CET-6 · Postgraduate exam · TOEFL
- Frequency
- Zipf 3.98 · Super Rare
Word forms
whales, whaling, whaled
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