porpoise
porpoise
[ˈpɔːpəs, ˈpɔpɔɪs]
noun
[ˈpɔːpəs, ˈpɔpɔɪs]
noun
- a small toothed whale with a low triangular dorsal fin and a blunt rounded snout
鼠海豚 - Family Phocoenidae: three genera and several species, in particular the common or harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena), of the North Atlantic and North Pacific
鼠海豚科： ３属，数种，尤指北大西洋和北太平洋中的鼠海豚属
- [no obj.]move through the water like a porpoise, alternately rising above it and submerging
像海豚一样一起一伏地移动，颠簸
the boat began to porpoise badly.
那只船开始很厉害地颠簸。
- Middle English: from Old French porpois, based on Latin porcus 'pig' + piscis 'fish', rendering earlier porcus marinus 'sea hog'
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