释义 |
whalebonewhale‧bone /ˈweɪlbəʊn $ -boʊn/ noun [uncountable]  - From the whalebone bodices of the nineteen hundreds to the flimsy teasers of the nineties.
- It yielded twenty-five whales, seventeen hundred barrels of oil, and three tons of whalebone.
- The cetaceans are divided into two groups: the baleen whales which have whalebone instead of teeth and the toothed whales.
a hard substance taken from the upper jaw of whales, used in the past for making women’s clothes stiff |