单词	harpoon
释义	harpoonhar‧poon /hɑːˈpuːn $ hɑːr-/ noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINharpoon Origin: 1600-1700 Probably from Dutch harpoen, from Old French harpon ‘fastener’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS It involved using a cannon to fire a harpoon carrying an explosive grenade. Seabury nevertheless decided to tackle it, and thrust a harpoon deep into the creature's neck. The carpenter and blacksmith hurriedly fashion a new one, and Ahab has a new harpoon fashioned from the finest iron. The crotch is a notched stick which holds both harpoons. The dolphins and porpoises are hunted either with hand harpoons or in drive fisheries. The steam-powered harpoon appeared in 1864. Trondur had hurried forward to fetch his biggest harpoon which he kept strapped across the bows. Two harpoons are usually thrown in quick succession. a weapon used for hunting whales—harpoon verb [transitive]
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