英语词汇“whale song”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

whale song n. sounds, resembling or suggestive of singing, made as a means of communication by certain whales, esp. humpback whales; a sequence of such sounds.In later use, often in the context of recordings of these sounds being used as a relaxation tool.

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1819 A. Fisher Jrnl. 5 Aug. in Jrnl. Voy. Arctic Regions 1819–20 (1821) 74 The thing..is a sort of whistling noise that these fish [sc. beluga whales] made when under the surface of the water... The men..repeatedly urged one another to pull smartly, in order to get near the place..for the purpose of hearing what they called a ‘whale-song’.

1970 N.Y. Times 17 Feb. 36/2 The whale songs—the term is used by scientists for the sounds by which the creatures communicate while under water—were taken by the composer from tapes made in the Atlantic Ocean.

1986 Daily Mail 8 Apr. An engrossing programme about whales and the mysterious keening sounds they emit (the so-called whale-song) which can be picked up by other whales hundreds of miles away.

1995 Stress Factor (Reader's Digest) 41/3 Some people find that listening to the beautiful and haunting sounds of a whale song mentally transports them to the stress-free shores of the ocean.

2009 Western Morning News (Plymouth) (Nexis) 6 Mar. 9 Most spas play some kind of relaxing soundtrack while you're stretched out enjoying a massage: pan pipes, or whale song, or the shushing of waves on the shore.

单词	whale song
释义	> as lemmas whale song whale song n. sounds, resembling or suggestive of singing, made as a means of communication by certain whales, esp. humpback whales; a sequence of such sounds.In later use, often in the context of recordings of these sounds being used as a relaxation tool. ΚΠ 1819 A. Fisher Jrnl. 5 Aug. in Jrnl. Voy. Arctic Regions 1819–20 (1821) 74 The thing..is a sort of whistling noise that these fish [sc. beluga whales] made when under the surface of the water... The men..repeatedly urged one another to pull smartly, in order to get near the place..for the purpose of hearing what they called a ‘whale-song’. 1970 N.Y. Times 17 Feb. 36/2 The whale songs—the term is used by scientists for the sounds by which the creatures communicate while under water—were taken by the composer from tapes made in the Atlantic Ocean. 1986 Daily Mail 8 Apr. An engrossing programme about whales and the mysterious keening sounds they emit (the so-called whale-song) which can be picked up by other whales hundreds of miles away. 1995 Stress Factor (Reader's Digest) 41/3 Some people find that listening to the beautiful and haunting sounds of a whale song mentally transports them to the stress-free shores of the ocean. 2009 Western Morning News (Plymouth) (Nexis) 6 Mar. 9 Most spas play some kind of relaxing soundtrack while you're stretched out enjoying a massage: pan pipes, or whale song, or the shushing of waves on the shore. extracted from whalen. < as lemmas
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