| 单词 | blubber |
| 释义 | blubber (once / 3240 pages) 1n 2v Blubber is the thick layer of fat that keeps whales and other large swimming mammals warm in the cold water. Inuits and other northern people have traditionally relied on eating blubber. Based on marine animal blubber, some people describe human fat as blubber too — often in a derogatory way. When blubber is a verb, it means to sob uncontrollably: "The little girl sat down and started to blubber after skinning her knee." Blubber was originally spelled blober, meaning "a bubble" or "bubbling water," which led to the "crying" meaning of the word. In the 15th century, it also meant "jellyfish" and "whale oil." WORD FAMILYblubber: blubbered, blubberer, blubbering, blubbers, blubbery+/blubberer: blubberers USAGE EXAMPLES"The blubber keeps it very warm inside... and warm or decomposing whales often prove pretty difficult to work with." BBC(Dec 29, 2016) They were gathered around large chunks of blubber, refuse from a recently harvested whale. Washington Post(Nov 23, 2016) Oh, but all that bluster could turn to blubber on a dime. Seattle Times(Oct 03, 2016) 1 1n an insulating layer of fat under the skin of whales and other large marine mammals; used as a source of oil Hyper animal oil any oil obtained from animal substances 2n excess bodily weight 2Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper avoirdupois, fat, fatness leanness, spareness, thinness the property of having little body fat adiposeness, adiposity, fattiness having the property of containing fat abdominousness, paunchinessthe bodily property of a protruding belly greasiness, oiliness, oleaginousnessconsisting of or covered with oil corpulency, fleshiness, obesitymore than average fatness steatopygiaan extreme accumulation of fat on the buttocks adiposis, corpulence, overweight, stoutnessthe property of excessive fatness exogenous obesityobesity caused by overeating embonpoint, plumpness, roundnessthe bodily property of being well rounded bodily property an attribute of the body 1v cry or whine with snuffling Syn|Hyper blub, sniffle, snivel, snuffle cry, weep shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain 2v utter while crying Syn|Hyper blubber out mouth, speak, talk, utter, verbalise, verbalize express in speech |
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