dolphin

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈdɒlf.ɪn/|[ˈdɒl̥fɪn]    美 /ˈdɑlf.ɪn/|[ˈdɑl̥fɪn]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A carnivorous cetacean with a beak-like snout, famed for their intelligence and occasional willingness to approach humans.
  2. A man-made semi submerged maritime structure, usually installed to provide a fixed structure for temporary mooring, to prevent ships from drifting to shallow water or to serve as base for navigational aids.
  3. A carnivorous cetacean with a beak-like snout, famed for their intelligence and occasional willingness to approach humans.; Tursiops truncatus, (Atlantic bottlenose dolphin) the most well-known species.
  4. A fish, the mahi-mahi or dorado, Coryphaena hippurus, with a dorsal fin that runs the length of the body, also known for iridescent coloration.
  5. A depiction of a fish, with a broad indented fin, usually embowed.
  6. The dauphin, eldest son of the kings of France.
  7. A mass of iron or lead hung from the yardarm, in readiness to be dropped through the deck and the hull of an enemy's vessel to sink it.
  8. A kind of wreath or strap of plaited cordage.
  9. A spar or buoy held by an anchor and furnished with a ring to which ships may fasten their cables.
  10. A mooring post on a wharf or beach.
  11. A permanent fender designed to protect a heavy boat, bridge, or coastal structure from the impact of large floating objects such as ice, floating logs, or vessels.
    — At each end of the piers in the water, in cases where several rows of pile are driven, a sort of cutwater should be formed, in order to ward off heavy bodies, such as floating trees, ice, etc. and prevent them from injuring the superstructure (called in German constructions, "Eisbrecher," or ice-breaker). This is usually done by driving one pile by itself in advance of the rest, or by forming what is called a "dolphin" at each end of the pier.
  12. One of the handles above the trunnions by which a gun was lifted. obsolete
  13. A person who buys shares on the primary market only to resell them immediately at a high profit. US,slang

词形变化

dolphins plural dolphins plural

词汇关系

上位词
mereswine
衍生词
Amazon dolphin Amazon river dolphin Arabian common dolphin Araguaian river dolphin Atlantic humpback dolphin Atlantic spotted dolphin Atlantic white-sided dolphin Australian snubfin dolphin black dolphin blind river dolphin bottlenose dolphin Chilean dolphin Chinese river dolphin Chinese white dolphin Clymene dolphin Commerson's dolphin common dolphin delphine dolphinarium dolphin dive dolphinese dolphinet dolphinfish dolphin fly dolphin-friendly dolphin hugger dolphining dolphin kick dolphinkind dolphinless dolphinlike dolphin shorts dolphinspeak dolphin striker dusky dolphin flog the dolphin Fraser's dolphin Ganges River dolphin green dolphin Guiana dolphin Heaviside's dolphin Hector's dolphin hourglass dolphin humpback dolphin Indian humpback dolphin Indian Ocean bottlenose dolphin Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin Indus River dolphin Irrawaddy dolphin La Plata dolphin long-beaked common dolphin Māui dolphin oceanic dolphin Pacific humpback dolphin Pacific white-sided dolphin panda dolphin pantropical spotted dolphin Peale's dolphin piebald dolphin pink dolphin pink river dolphin right whale dolphin Risso's dolphin river dolphin rough-toothed dolphin Sarawak dolphin short-beaked common dolphin side-swimming dolphin skunk dolphin South Asian river dolphin southern right whale dolphin spinner dolphin spotted dolphin striped dolphin wax the dolphin white-beaked dolphin whitefin dolphin white-sided dolphin wholphin Yangtze river dolphin Yangtze dolphin
相关词
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词源

词源 1
From Middle English delphyn, from Latin delphīnus, from Ancient Greek δελφίς (delphís), from δελφύς (delphús, “womb”); the modern form in -ol- is probably influenced by the pronunciation of Middle French dauphin. Compare Swedish delfin. Doublet of dauphin. Displaced native Old English mereswīn (literally “sea pig”), whence English mereswine.
词源 2
Ultimately from 3rd Duke of Alba (duc-d'Albe in French), who was the first to build this type of structure in the Spanish Netherlands in the 16th century. Possibly from Dutch dukdalf, or the plural dukdalven, through elision of the initial duk-.
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