baleen

英语

词源

来自中古英语 baleyne，来自古法语 baleine (“鲸、鲸须”)，来自拉丁语 balaena (“鲸”)，来自古希腊语 φάλαινα (phálaina, “鲸”)。

发音

• 国际音标^(帮助): /bəˈliːn/, /ˈbeɪliːn/

名词

baleen (可数 和 不可数，复数 baleens)

1. (生理学，不可数) 鲸须
   • 1954, Alexander Alderson, 章号 5, 出自 The Subtle Minotaur‎^[1]:

     “You have probably never seen anything like this before, Mr. Toler. It is baleen, or if you prefer it, whalebone, taken from the mouth of the bowhead whale. It is used by the whale to filter its food.”

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   近义词：whalebone

2. (动物学，可数) 须鲸
   • 2007, Lance E. Davis, In Pursuit of Leviathan: Technology, Institutions, Productivity, and Profits:

     Scammon estimates the number of baleens killed in the years 1835-72 at 131,000; once again, his figure needs to be adjusted.

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3. (弃用) 鲸鱼或其他大鱼。
   • 1572, John Bossewell, Workes of Armorie:

     The Balene is a fishe great and huge, much like to the Whale, and is so called, because of his outcasting and shedding of water, for they throwe water higher then other great fishes of the sea.

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衍生词

• baleen whale
• intrabaleen

 

来源

• James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928年)，“Baleen”，A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary)，第 I (A–B) 卷，London：Clarendon Press，OCLC 15566697，第 635 页, 第 2 卷.

异序词

• enable

巴斯克语

名词

baleen

1. balea 的属格复数

西班牙语

动词

baleen

1. balear 的屈折变化形式：
   1. 第三人称复数现在时虚拟式
   2. 第三人称复数命令式