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

A narwhal is like the unicorn of whales, with a long pointy tusk sticking out of its head. And, like unicorns, you probably won't spot one (unless you are traveling the Arctic waters near Greenland).

Only male narwhals have a distinctive ivory tusk, which is actually a long, protruding canine tooth. It's a medium-sized whale, related to the beluga, and it's able to dive underwater for up to 25 minutes at a time. Narwhal comes from the Danish narhval, with the Old Norse root nahvalr literally meaning "corpse whale," for the narwhal's pale white color, thought to resemble the shade of a dead body.

WORD FAMILY

narwhal: narwhals

USAGE EXAMPLES

Nor should the leopard skin, the narwhal tusk and the whale meat.

Washington Post(Dec 19, 2016)

Like any whale, the narwhal needs to surface to breathe — on average, every four to six minutes.

New York Times(Nov 09, 2016)

Consider the narwhal, an arctic whale whose unicorn-like tusk was believed in the Middle Ages to have healing powers.

Salon(Oct 29, 2016)

n small Arctic whale the male having a long spiral ivory tusk

Syn|Hyper

Monodon monoceros, narwal, narwhale

whale

any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head

单词	narwhal
释义	narwhal (once / 30941 pages) n A narwhal is like the unicorn of whales, with a long pointy tusk sticking out of its head. And, like unicorns, you probably won't spot one (unless you are traveling the Arctic waters near Greenland). Only male narwhals have a distinctive ivory tusk, which is actually a long, protruding canine tooth. It's a medium-sized whale, related to the beluga, and it's able to dive underwater for up to 25 minutes at a time. Narwhal comes from the Danish narhval, with the Old Norse root nahvalr literally meaning "corpse whale," for the narwhal's pale white color, thought to resemble the shade of a dead body. WORD FAMILY narwhal: narwhals USAGE EXAMPLES Nor should the leopard skin, the narwhal tusk and the whale meat. Washington Post(Dec 19, 2016) Like any whale, the narwhal needs to surface to breathe — on average, every four to six minutes. New York Times(Nov 09, 2016) Consider the narwhal, an arctic whale whose unicorn-like tusk was believed in the Middle Ages to have healing powers. Salon(Oct 29, 2016) n small Arctic whale the male having a long spiral ivory tusk Syn\|Hyper Monodon monoceros, narwal, narwhale whale any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head
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