orca

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈɔːkə/    美 /ˈoɹkə/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A sea mammal (Orcinus orca) related to dolphins and porpoises, commonly called the killer whale.
    — In the summer, when the weather is calm and beautiful, large flocks of orcæ can be seen approaching the shallow places near the shore, or between the numerous islands of the White Sea. Several fishermen associate for hunting orcæ, each one furnishing a boat, and a large seine made of cords of the thickness of a finger, the meshes being 10½ inches square.

词形变化

orcas plural orca plural

词源

Learned borrowing from Latin orca (“tun, cask; whale”), see there for more. Although the origin is obscure, the sometimes-cited association with orcus (“underworld”) is folk-etymology. Doublet of orc.
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