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

• 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。
• According to characteristic parameter and shape, relative permeability curves had been divided into six types: water-phase top concave, water-phase straight line, water-phase below concave, water-phase top convex, water-phase chair and humpback.
  根据相对渗透率曲线特征参数和形态，将常见相对渗透率曲线分为六种类型&水相上凹型、水相直线型、水相下凹型、水相上凸型、水相靠椅型和驼背型。
• First prize went to Bryce Flynn of Woburn, Massachusetts who took this amazing shot ( above) of a humpback whale feeding.
  一等奖前往布莱斯的沃本弗林，谁参加了这个惊人的马萨诸塞州的一杆座头鲸喂养（段）。
• Marine experts are still looking for ways to 【 herd two humpback whales back to the ocean 】.
  海军专家还在寻找办法把两头座头鲸赶回大海。
• Its main attractions include the nearby Mendenhall Glacier, where the visitors 'center offers boardwalk trails that overlook bear-viewing areas, and small boat trips to watch orca and humpback whales.
  该市的主要旅游景点包括附近的门登霍尔冰川（MendenhallGlacier），那里的游客中心提供可以俯瞰熊出没区域的木板路游览，以及可以观看虎鲸和座头鲸的小船游览。
• Japan has been under pressure from conservation groups, the United states, Australia and New Zealand not to hunt humpback whales-which are considered near__3__.
  日本一直以来受到来自保护组织，美国，澳大利亚和新西兰的压力，他们要求日本停止捕杀驼背鲸，该物种被认为已接近灭绝。
• 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。
• 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, protected under a1966 worldwide moratorium by International Whaling Commission after years of overhunting, are renowned for their complex songs and acrobatic displays.
  座头鲸以会“唱动听的歌曲”和表演杂技而著称。多年来，座头鲸被人类过度捕猎，1966年，国际捕鲸委员会出台捕杀禁令以保护这一物种。
• 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。