whales
美 [hweɪl] 
英 [weɪl]
- n.鲸鱼；【动】鲸；〈非正式〉巨大的事物；令人印象深刻的事物
- v.捕鲸；击打；猛击
- 网络群鲸之歌；鲸队；鲸类
词形变化
复数：whales 现在分词：whaling 过去式：whaled
英汉解释
n. | 2. 〈非正式〉巨大的事物; 令人印象深刻的事物; 令人愉悦的事物 |
v. | |
英英解释
例句
He saw beautiful landscapes, witnessed enormous whales just meters away and enjoyed what he called God's whispering at him through the wind.
他看到了美丽的风景，身边游过的巨大鲸鱼，并且非常惬意地享受了回响在风中的上帝之音。
The data could help conservationists make a stronger argument for how much krill the whales need to survive.
该研究数据可以为生态保护论学者提供更加强有力的论据，说明了蓝鲸生存所需要的磷虾数量。
But Japan has continued to hunt whales as scientific research - while not hiding the fact that whale meat ends up in restaurants and shops.
但是日本一直以科学研究为由不断捕鲸，这些都掩盖不了鲸肉最终出现在餐馆和商店的事实。
In a study published in May 2010, Price found that there's a strong connection between what whales eat, and how they evolved to be so large.
普莱斯在一项研究中发现鲸的庞大体型与它们的食物结构有密切联系，这一成果今年5月得到了发表。
We camped with a view of the sea and went to see humpback and minke whales spouting yards from the boat.
我们在能看见海景的地方扎了营，去观赏了座头鲸和小须鲸，它们就在小船几码远的地方喷水。
The Azores is the best place in Europe to see a large range of whales and dolphins up close.
亚速尔群岛是欧洲最好的地方，看到一个近距离大范围的鲸鱼和海豚。
In Antarctica, the only mammals are those that stay for just a short time -- marine mammals like whales and seals.
在南极，独一的哺乳动物是那些仅仅停留很短的时间-像鲸鱼和海豹这样的海洋哺乳动物。
There is no sign of the two wayward whales that have been lost near San Francisco and that could be a good thing.
迷失在旧金山附近水域的两条任性的鲸鱼在没有任何征兆的情况下消失，这可能会是件好事。
The little whale is so happy to be home. She splashes in the water with her flippers . The other whales swim to her side.
小鲸鱼回到家很高兴。她用鱼鳍跃入水中。其他的鲸鱼游到她的身边。
There's a potential problem that maybe this kind of shipping will would prevent whales from being able to hear each other.
可能由这类船只造成的这一潜在问题将会阻止鲸们听到彼此。
He spread his arms, taking in the dark horizon and the desert with its sandstone wind sculptures and its countless silent whales.
他伸展双臂，远眺暗黑地平线，与沙漠里砂岩风雕塑和无数沉默的鲸鱼对视。
Humpback whales near Hawaii. Curtsinger says whales seem to be looking him in the eye when he approaches.
夏威夷附近海域的驼背鲸。克钦格说，鲸鱼在靠近他的时候好像一直用眼睛盯著他。
There was no report of whales in the area so we decided to test out Max' new, highly sensitive hydrophone7 and the result was astonishing.
于是我们决定测试一下马克斯新的高灵敏度水中听音器。结果令我们惊奇万分。
Godard-Codding and her team were not able to do a detailed study on the health of the biopsied whales, since the whales were in the wild.
由于抹香鲸都生活在海洋里，因此塞琳和她的团队无法对那些携带污染的抹香鲸做更加详细的研究。
But that's just a bunch of whales in a group imitating each other. That's not like the mass media pop culture humans have, right?
但仅仅是一群鲸在互相模仿，与人类时下大众媒体的流行文化风牛马不相及，是吧？
The dolphins and whales hold the original cause for how this came to be so, or so earth's records have revealed in her recent ascent.
海豚和鲸鱼持有如何成为这种情形的原始致因，在地球的早期提升中，她的记录也已揭露了这一点。
Like modern whales, Basilosaurus was an air breather and could not have stayed underwater for long periods of time.
和今天的鲸鱼一样，龙王鲸需要换气，不能长时间待在水下。
Asked to choose, from all this fleet, the vessel to carry me on a month-long cruise in pursuit of blue whales, I would not have hesitated.
若要我从这里所有的船中挑选一艘来载我出海追寻蓝鲸一个月，我也会毫不犹豫地挑这艘。
Two years ago the problem made it to the U. S. Supreme Court, in a case that might have been called U. S. Navy v. Whales.
两年前，这个问题报上到美国最高法院，案件被称为“美国海军对抗鲸鱼”。
For a week, these pilot whales, mostly mothers and calves, had been spotted swimming together.
这群领航鲸主要为雌性和幼鲸，前一周以来它们一直在一起游弋。
As intelligent as they may be, however, whales have not found a way to counter the attacks of their deadliest enemy: human beings.
然而，虽然非常聪明，鲸却无法找出方法，来反击它们最致命的敌人：人类。
Masayuki Komatsu, who once described Minke whales as "the cockroaches of the ocean, " said the Japanese were eating tuna into extinction.
曾说小须鲸是“海洋中的蟑螂”的小松正行称日本国民已经快把金枪鱼吃到灭绝了。
And one of the ways they wanted to do it was to put a tracking chip inside one of these humpback whales.
他们想阻止这一切。途径之一就是在这些座头鲸之一身上植入追踪芯片。
Scientists discovered that at least some of the whales were closely related, with ages ranging in age from a few months to 64 years.
科学家发现，至少有些鲸豚有血缘上的关系，年龄介于几个月到64岁之间。
when a whale strands , it is nearly always very ill . as such , there is often little option but to end the stranded whales suffering.
由于搁浅的鲸鱼几乎都已身患重病，因此人类通常都在别无选择的情况下把它们人道毁灭。
And I'm happy to say that there are several very promising developments in this area, looking at the impact of shipping on whales.
我可以很高兴的说，在这一领域中有些非常有希望的进展，看看船只对鲸的影响。
Murayama said he hoped one day to train whales to express their feelings in a way that humans could understand.
村上教授说，他希望有朝一日能教会鲸鱼用人类可理解的方式来表达它们的想法和感情。
Fin whales are the most predominant in the area, he said, but blue whales and right whales have also passed through New York waters.
他说，长须鲸是这个区内数目最多的品种，但有时候也看到蓝鲸和露脊鲸游经纽约市周围水域。
The whales migrate twice a year through the area and are crucial to the subsistence economy of the Inupiat people.
这些鲸鱼每年两次迁移通过这个地区，是因纽特人维持生计的最重要经济来源。
But previous sightings and sound recordings closer to the surface suggested that the sperm whales are relatively few and far between.
但是之前位于水面附近的目击和录音都说明抹香鲸在那儿相对稀少。
Japan take advantage of this loophole, by the name of scientific research whaling, killing hundreds of whales each year.
日本利用这一漏洞，借科研之名捕鲸，每年捕杀数百头鲸。
It turns out that this lane here goes right through a major feeding area of right whales in the summer time.
原来这条航线正好穿过夏天露脊鲸的一个主要繁殖区域。
BIODIVERSITY is not just a matter of tigers and whales, or butterflies and trees, or even coral reefs and tuna.
“生物多样性”不仅仅关乎老虎和鲸、蝴蝶和树，乃至珊瑚礁和金枪鱼，还包括无数肉眼看不到的微生物。
In years gone by, men sailed in ships that did not take them back to their homes FOR many years. Their job was to capture whales.
过去的年月里，许多人出海航行，很多年也不回家，他们的工作就是捕鲸。
His sketches a eared in magazines and encyclopedias and at the center of what was then the begi ing of a movement to save the whales.
他的画刊登在杂志上和百科全书里，也悬挂在当时刚刚兴起的拯救鲸鱼运动的中心。
But it is easier to hear the baleen whale, with its lower-frequency call, than the beaked whales, says Theriault.
但是，Theriault说，和喙鲸相比，须鲸发出的叫声频率更低，更容易听到它发出的声音。
Some of these whales may already be near the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reports.
而国家海洋和大气治理署同时也报告说，这个抹香鲸家族中某些个体的生活海域可能已经接近了墨西哥湾的原油泄漏点。
We also pass two dead whales, belly up on the surface, prompting an irreverent suggestion that we tow them to Svalbard to use as bear bait.
我们还驶过两条腹部朝天的死鲸鱼，有人提议把它们拖到斯瓦尔巴群岛上去当熊饵。
Sperm whales, also found in the Antarctic, lie at the surface blowing repeatedly so as not to get the bends.
在南极也发现有抹香鲸，它们躺着海面上不断喷水，以至不会因为从水中上升太快而得“潜水病”。
Japan would be allowed to hunt 120 minke whales in its coastal waters as a sop to local sentiment in four ports.
日本将会被允许在自己的海域内猎杀120条小须鲸，作为对四个港口当地人情感上的一些安慰。
