walrus

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈwɔːl.ɹəs/|/ˈwɒl.ɹəs/    美 /ˈwɑl.ɹəs/|/ˈwɔl.ɹəs/|/ˈwoːl.ɹəs/|/ˈwɔl.ɹəs/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A large Arctic pinniped having long tusks, tough, wrinkled skin, and four flippers, Odobenus rosmarus.
    — Of all the Phocine family none present so terrible and grotesque an appearance as the gigantic Walrus, also known as the morse and sea-horse.
  2. A man with a walrus moustache. derogatory,informal,sometimes
    — You old walrus, don't you think it is time for you to lop your whiskers off?
动词 v.
  1. To hunt walruses
    — It's strange to see parties of merrymakers gather where I nearly drowned, and later walrused with David Isaakovich, Father Basil and the rest of them.
  2. To be like a walrus; To move dragging one's belly along the floor
    — Gaddy walrused herself from the back seat
  3. To be like a walrus; To hang like a walrus's moustache
    — His untrimmed mustache walrused down and over his hidden mouth
  4. To be like a walrus; To be prominent, like tusks
    — Where a mammal had its canine teeth, great fangs walrused down from the grezzen's upper jaw, as long as scimitars and as thick as human thighs.

词形变化

walruses plural walrus plural walrusses plural,uncommon walri humorous,nonstandard,often,plural,proscribed walrii plural walruses present,singular,third-person walrusses present,singular,third-person,uncommon walrusing participle,present walrussing participle,present,uncommon walrused participle,past walrused past walrussed participle,past,uncommon walrussed past,uncommon

词汇关系

衍生词
Ambien walrus she-walrus walruslike walrus moustache walrus mustache walrus operator

词源

词源 1
Probably borrowed from Dutch walrus, a compound of wal (“whale”) and ros (“horse”). Displaced native Old English horshwæl (literally “horse-whale”). Compare similar constructions in Danish hvalros, Old Norse hrosshvalr, and German Walross.
词源 2
Probably borrowed from Dutch walrus, a compound of wal (“whale”) and ros (“horse”). Displaced native Old English horshwæl (literally “horse-whale”). Compare similar constructions in Danish hvalros, Old Norse hrosshvalr, and German Walross.
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