whale /weil/
Phát âm
Ý nghĩa
danh từ
(động vật học) cá voi
(thông tục) a whale of cái to lớn mênh mông; việc lạ lùng kỳ dị
a whale of a city → một thành phố mênh mông
we had a whale of a time → chúng ta đ vui chi tho thích
'expamle'>a whale on (at, for) something
một tay cừ về cái gì; một người ham thích cái gì
nội động từ
đánh cá voi
=to go whaling → đi đánh cá voi
ngoại động từ
(từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (thông tục) đánh, quất
Các câu ví dụ:
1. After the K-Pg event, new forms of mammals such as horses, whales, bats, and primates emerged and spread in a dinosaur-free world.
2. On Thursday, Japan's Fisheries Agency announced enough whales had been killed for "scientific research" as the boats returned to port.
3. The fleet had set sail for the Southern Ocean in December, with plans to slaughter 333 minke whales, despite a worldwide moratorium and opposition led by Australia and New Zealand.
4. Under the International Whaling Commission, to which Japan is a signatory, there has been a moratorium on hunting whales since 1986.
5. In the 2013-14 season, just 251 minke whales were caught, while the figure was only 103 in the season before.
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