porpoise

noun · verbB1

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

porpoises

1.
A small cetacean of the family Phocoenidae, related to dolphins and whales.
Near-synonyms: sea hog, sea pig, seaswine, mereswine
Đồng nghĩa: phocoenid, sea hog, sea pig, seaswine, mereswine
2.
(Canada, US, broadly)(Canada, US, loosely) Any small dolphin.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

porpoises

V_ing/Gerund

porpoising

V_ed/pp

porpoised

1.
(intransitive)Said of an air-breathing aquatic animal such as a porpoise or penguin: To repeatedly jump out of the water to take a breath and dive back in a continuous motion.
2.
(intransitive)Said of an aircraft: to make a series of plunges when taking off or landing; or of a watercraft: to successively plunge up and down in the water.
Đồng nghĩa: balloon

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

phocoenidsea hogsea pigseaswinemereswine balloon

Cùng gốc / liên quan

Cape Porpoiseporpoiselikefinless porpoisesperm-whale porpoiseharbour porpoiseDall's porpoiseporpicidespectacled porpoisedolphinkiller whalepodsea lionseal whale

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro ine péysks From Middle English porpeys, purpeys, borrowed from porpeis, purpeis, Old French pourpois, porpois, pourpais, porpeis (porpoise), from *porcopiscis (porpoise), taken from Latin porcus (hog, pig) + piscis (fish). Compare (in transposed order) obsolete pesce porco and peixe porco; also porcus marīnus; akin in formation to (whence Meerschwein, mereswine).