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

• 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。
• 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）
• 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。
• And comparing with standard fin-type pool experimental data under the same condition, we find that the imitating humpback whale fin stabilizer fin-type can provide more lift in the same angle of attack.
  在与相同条件下的标准鳍型水池实验数据进行对比我们发现在攻角相同的情况，仿驼背鲸鳍这种鳍型能提供更大的升力。
• A fisherman fishing just east of the Farallon Islands spotted a female humpback whale entangled in a web of crab traps and lines.
  一天，一名在法拉隆群岛东边打鱼的渔民发现一条雌性座头鲸被捕蟹网缠住。
• 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。
• Two wayward humpback whales have done an about-face and are headed back toward the Pacific Ocean.
  两只任性的驼背鲸终于肯调头游向他们的家&太平洋。
• 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。
• 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。