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单词 great white shark
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Definition of great white shark in English:

great white shark

noun
  • A large aggressive shark of warm seas, with a brownish or grey back, white underparts, and large triangular teeth.

    Carcharodon carcharias, family Lamnidae

    Also called white pointer, man-eater
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Whales, dolphins, enormous groupers, turtles, whale sharks, manta rays, great whites, hammerheads - they all play a starring role in attracting divers to worldwide destinations.
    • Bait is also used at Dangerous Reef, in South Australia, but there the sharks are great whites, and the divers are in cages.
    • You've dived often with sharks, including great whites.
    • Most people, when they hear the word ‘shark,’ may still think of a huge great white shark, like the one in Jaws.
    • He uses the sub to dive incognito among the oceans’ top predators, great white sharks.
    • We see many of the same great whites each year, and every year they display the same personality traits.
    • However, for other shark researchers the key question isn't whether there are great whites swimming off the U.K., but why they have not been seen before.
    • If most sharks, including great whites, enter freshwater, their internal salt levels become diluted.
    • The most common myth is that great whites, with their poor vision, attack divers and surfers in wet suits, mistaking them for pinnipeds (seals and sea lions), their main prey.
    • Further studies are needed on other species such as the great white, mako and oceanic whitetip.
    • They are probably one of the most feared sharks after the great white.
    • Populations of thresher sharks are down by 80 per cent and great whites by 79%.
    • A high fat diet is mandatory for the great white to maintain its body temperature and keep its brain warm in cold water.
    • All the theories about the megalodon are based on studies of great whites and other sharks.
    • Surprisingly little has been known about how the great white shark goes about its daily business.
    • Illegal fishing for great whites openly takes place in South Africa, with the perpetrators being so brazen as to advertise their activities in some of the world's largest game fishing magazines.
    • Beaches south of Cape Town have been put on shark alert after great whites made two attempts on human prey.
    • Is it not inevitable that the great whites will follow in their wake?
    • The seals also displace the penguins from breeding sites and, together with great white sharks, prey on the penguins.
    • Considered the most aggressive of sharks, the great white may be drawn to this region because of the presence of the sea lions, on which it feeds.
 
 

Definition of great white shark in US English:

great white shark

nounɡreɪt (h)waɪt ʃɑrk
  • A large aggressive shark of warm seas, with a brownish or gray back, white underparts, and large triangular teeth.

    Carcharodon carcharias, family Lamnidae

    Also called white pointer
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Further studies are needed on other species such as the great white, mako and oceanic whitetip.
    • Whales, dolphins, enormous groupers, turtles, whale sharks, manta rays, great whites, hammerheads - they all play a starring role in attracting divers to worldwide destinations.
    • Bait is also used at Dangerous Reef, in South Australia, but there the sharks are great whites, and the divers are in cages.
    • The most common myth is that great whites, with their poor vision, attack divers and surfers in wet suits, mistaking them for pinnipeds (seals and sea lions), their main prey.
    • Surprisingly little has been known about how the great white shark goes about its daily business.
    • They are probably one of the most feared sharks after the great white.
    • If most sharks, including great whites, enter freshwater, their internal salt levels become diluted.
    • A high fat diet is mandatory for the great white to maintain its body temperature and keep its brain warm in cold water.
    • He uses the sub to dive incognito among the oceans’ top predators, great white sharks.
    • All the theories about the megalodon are based on studies of great whites and other sharks.
    • The seals also displace the penguins from breeding sites and, together with great white sharks, prey on the penguins.
    • We see many of the same great whites each year, and every year they display the same personality traits.
    • Considered the most aggressive of sharks, the great white may be drawn to this region because of the presence of the sea lions, on which it feeds.
    • Most people, when they hear the word ‘shark,’ may still think of a huge great white shark, like the one in Jaws.
    • Beaches south of Cape Town have been put on shark alert after great whites made two attempts on human prey.
    • You've dived often with sharks, including great whites.
    • However, for other shark researchers the key question isn't whether there are great whites swimming off the U.K., but why they have not been seen before.
    • Illegal fishing for great whites openly takes place in South Africa, with the perpetrators being so brazen as to advertise their activities in some of the world's largest game fishing magazines.
    • Is it not inevitable that the great whites will follow in their wake?
    • Populations of thresher sharks are down by 80 per cent and great whites by 79%.
 
 
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