英汉词典

penguin 基本解释

• n. 企鹅；空军地勤人员

penguin 词态变化

penguin 中文词源

词源不详，可能来自威尔士语pen,头，gwyn,白。原指北极附近一种白头云雀，后用于指南极的企鹅。或来自拉丁语pinguis,脂肪，肥的，词源同fat,pine.

penguin 英文词源

penguin

penguin: [16] Penguin is one of the celebrated mystery words of English etymology. It first appears towards the end of the 16th century (referring to the ‘great auk’ as well as to the ‘penguin’) in accounts of voyages to the southern oceans, but no one has ever ascertained where it came from. A narrative of 1582 noted ‘The countrymen call them Penguins (which seemeth to be a Welsh name)’, and in 1613 John Selden speculated that the name came from Welsh pen gwyn ‘white head’.

Etymologists since have not been able to come up with a better guess than this, but it is at odds with the fact that the great auk had a mainly black head, and so do penguins. The earliest known reference to the word (from 1578) mentions the birds being found on an ‘island named Penguin’, off Newfoundland, so it could be that it was originally the name of the island (perhaps ‘white (i.e. snow-covered) headland’) rather than of the bird.

However, a further objection to this theory is that a combination based on Welsh pen gwyn would have produced penwyn, not penguin.

penguin (n.)

1570s, originally used of the great auk of Newfoundland (now extinct), shift in meaning to the Antarctic bird (which looks something like it, found by Drake in Magellan's Straits in 1578) is from 1580s. Of unknown origin, though often asserted to be from Welsh pen "head" (see pen-) + gwyn "white" (see Gwendolyn), but Barnhart says the proposed formation is not proper Welsh. The great auk had a large white patch between its bill and eye. The French and Breton versions of the word ultimately are from English.

penguin 英文释义

1. short-legged flightless birds of cold southern especially Antarctic regions having webbed feet and wings modified as flippers

penguin 双语例句

1. He walked with an awkward gait like a penguin.

他走路的步子难看得就像企鹅.

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2. The penguin is a flightless bird.

企鹅是一种不会飞的鸟.

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3. When I was a student, Penguin published several collections of classic articles on economics and business.

当我是一名学生时, 企鹅(Penguin)出版了几部关于经济学和商学的经典文章集.

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4. There was this running gag about a penguin ( = they kept telling penguin jokes ).

人们不断讲关于一只企鹅的笑话.

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5. There was this running gag about a penguin.

人们不断讲关于一只企鹅的笑话

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penguin 实用场景例句

So how warm should a penguin egg be so that the chick stays healthy?

企鹅蛋要保持多高的温度才能让蛋里的小企鹅健康 呢 ?

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I wonder if you stock any Penguin Jacket?

不知你们是否有企鹅牌茄克衫?

英汉 - 翻译样例 - 口语

Billy is such a penguin because he avoids people who don't share his values.

比利是只老企鹅,因为他从来排斥不认同他的价值观的人.

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There was this running gag about a penguin ( = they kept telling penguin jokes ).

人们不断讲关于一只企鹅的笑话.

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Pearson's other primary businesses include the Financial Times Group and the Penguin Group.

培生的其他主要业务包括金融时报集团和企鹅集团.

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This causes problems for a little penguin named Mumble.

这就引起小企鹅孟堡的麻烦.

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Yes, she a penguin!

是的, 她是企鹅!

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The largest kind is the Emperor Penguin.

最大的企鹅是帝企鹅.

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Or maybe you ask yourself: " Would I be happier if I started dating a penguin? "

或许你会问自己: “ 如果干脆跟企鹅约会,会不会更快乐一点? ”

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Swift , Jonathan. Selected poems. Edited by Pat Rogers. New York: Penguin Books, 1993.

约纳森? 斯威福特,《精选诗集》. 派特?罗格斯编辑. 纽约: 企鹅出版社, 1993版.

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When he asks about the 100 th, penguin answer says: " Have a meal, sleep. "

当他问到第一百只时, 企鹅回答说: “ 吃饭, 睡觉. ”

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Penguin Books launched the first set of reprints in paperback.

1935年企鹅出版社出版了第一套经典著作平装书.

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Little Penguin: Hes a dirty trash can full of poop.

小企鹅: 他是一个肮脏、蠢的丢弃不要的东西桶.

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At Cape Royds, a discarded Colman's mustard tin, with the Ad é lie penguin colony in the background.

在罗伊兹海角, 一只废弃的科尔曼芥菜罐头, 远处是阿德利企鹅群.

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Penguin: Oh, you should say " Good morning ". Look outside, the sun is smiling.

企鹅: 哦, 你应该说 “ 早晨好 ”. 看外面, 太阳在微笑呢.

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The penguin is a flightless bird.

企鹅是一种不会飞的鸟.

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Unlike nesting birds, penguin parents actually spend very little time together.

不同于筑巢的鸟类, 企鹅实家长们际上在一起共同的时光很短.

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When a penguin walks, its tall, narrow body acts like a pendulum.

企鹅行走时, 其高瘦的体型就像个钟摆在晃动.

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He walked with an awkward gait like a penguin.

他走路的步子难看得就像企鹅.

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Snuggled safely on its mother's feet, a newborn penguin chick peers out at the camera.

一只新生的小企鹅抬起头来看着我们的镜头,仅仅依偎着它的妈妈.

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A penguin is walking.

企鹅在散步.

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Wollstonecraft , Mary. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman . Edited by Brody. New York: Penguin, 1992.

玛丽? 沃尔斯通克拉夫特,《女权辩护》. 米瑞恩?布罗迪编辑. 纽约: 企鹅出版社, 1992版.

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The birth of a baby penguin in the zoo was widely reported.

动物园里小企鹅的出生受到了广泛的报道.

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Instinct, hormones, and the drive to reproduce influence a lot of the penguin behavior, Kooyman said.

Kooyman说, 本能, 荷尔蒙以及生殖的欲望都会很大程度上影响企鹅的行为.

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When I was a student, Penguin published several collections of classic articles on economics and business.

当我是一名学生时, 企鹅(Penguin)出版了几部关于经济学和商学的经典文章集.

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McNeil, Alex . Total Television. New York: Penguin Books, 1996.

《完全电视》. 纽约: 企鹅图书公司, 1996年版.

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His mother had not returned yet and little penguin was staring with his mouse open.

小企鹅的妈妈还没回来,他在张嘴而望.

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