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

• Humpback whales, protected under a1966 worldwide moratorium by International Whaling Commission after years of overhunting, are renowned for their complex songs and acrobatic displays.
  座头鲸以会“唱动听的歌曲”和表演杂技而著称。多年来，座头鲸被人类过度捕猎，1966年，国际捕鲸委员会出台捕杀禁令以保护这一物种。
• If the analysis by the researchers is confirmed, mice can be added to the short list of creatures that sing in the presence of the opposite sex, including songbirds, humpback whales, porpoises, insects and, possibly, bats.
  如果研究者们的分析能够得到证实，老鼠可以加入会在异性面前“唱歌”的生物之列，这类动物包括鸣雀、座头鲸、昆虫，可能还有蝙蝠。
• Male humpback whales are famed for the loud, long and complex songs they make during the mating season.
  雄性座头鲸以“嗓门大”“身型长”“擅长复杂歌曲”闻名于世界。
• 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。
• Humpback whales hold the world's record for longest mammalian voyage.
  座头鲸保持著世界上哺乳动物中迁徙距离最长的记录。
• Every humpback has a different pattern of spots, just as human fingerprints are all different.
  每头座头鲸的尾部斑点都不同，就如同人类的指纹。
• 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。
• 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。
• Hang-glide and spot humpback whales in the new-age beach paradise of Byron Bay.
  在拜伦湾新潮的海滩天堂乘坐悬挂式滑翔机和观看座头鲸。
• 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。