porpoise: [14] The porpoise is etymologically the ‘pig-fish’. The word comes via Old French porpois from Vulgar Latin *porcopiscis, a compound formed from porcus ‘pig’ (source of English pork) and piscis ‘fish’ (a relative of English fish) and based on the model of Latin porcus marīnus ‘sea-pig’. The name may have been suggested by the porpoise’s snout. => fish, pork
porpoise (n.)
early 14c., porpas, from Old French porpais (12c.) "porpoise," literally "pork fish," from porc "pork" (see pork (n.)) + peis "fish," from Latin piscis "fish" (see fish (n.)).
The Old French word probably is a loan-translation of a Germanic word meaning literally "sea-hog, mere-swine," such as Old Norse mar-svin, Old High German meri-swin, Middle Dutch mereswijn "porpoise" (the last of which also was borrowed directly into French and became Modern French marsouin).
Classical Latin had a similar name, porculus marinus (in Pliny), and the notion behind the name likely is a fancied resemblance of the snout to that of a pig.
porpoise 英文释义
1. any of several small gregarious cetacean mammals having a blunt snout and many teeth
porpoise 双语例句
1. What is the difference between a dolphin and porpoise ?
海豚和和鼠海豚有什么区别？
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2. Should set a sculptured porpoise, gills a snort / And vibrant tail, within the temple - gate.
那两腮呼呼作响、尾巴掀起了/怒浪的庞大的海族--在庙宇的门墙内.
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3. I think __ Porpoise is very interesting in the zoo.
我觉得在动物园里海豚是很有趣的.
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4. The Finless Porpoise is another resident marine mammal species.
此外,江豚是另一种在本港海域栖居的海洋哺乳类动物.
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5. The poor pauper paused on purpose to pawn a porpoise.
贫穷的乞丐有意停下来典当一只海豚.
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porpoise 实用场景例句
He no sooner recovers his equilibrium the next porpoise comes and hits him another crack.
海龟还没来得及恢复平衡,另外一只海豚又过来撞它一下.
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Whether it be bird, fish or beast, porpoise is intrigued with anything that is alive.
不管是鸟类, 鱼类还是野兽, 海豚感兴趣的是活着的动物.
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The porpoise plays before a storm.
海豚嬉水,风暴要起.
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Whether it be bird, fish or beast, the porpoise is intrigued with anything that is alive.
海豚对凡是活的东西都感兴趣, 不管是鸟 、 是鱼,还是野兽.
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The porpoise can be intimate with the humanity, and also firmly can be saved person's fact.
海豚能够亲近人类, 并且也确有救人的事迹.
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A corpse rising saltwhite from the undertow, bobbing landward, a pace a pace a porpoise.
自得像盐一样的尸体从退浪底下浮上来, 又一拱一拱的,像海豚似地漂向岸去.
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Whether it be bird, fish or beast , the porpoise is intrigued with anyting that is alive.
无论是鸟类, 鱼类或者兽类, 海豚都会被激起兴趣.
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He no sooner recovers his equilibrium than the next porpoise comes and hits him another crack.
海龟刚恢复平衡,第二只海豚又到了,又给它啪一击.
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I think __ Porpoise is very interesting in the zoo.
我觉得在动物园里海豚是很有趣的.
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The populatio n size of finless porpoise in this Lake is about 100～150 individuals.
洞庭湖各支流中已看不到江豚的踪迹.
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The Finless Porpoise is another resident marine mammal species.
此外,江豚是另一种在本港海域栖居的海洋哺乳类动物.
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Should set a sculptured porpoise, gills a snort.
那两腮呼呼作响 、 尾巴掀起了.
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The poor pauper paused on purpose to pawn a porpoise.
贫穷的乞丐有意停下来典当一只海豚.
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What is the difference between a dolphin and porpoise ?
