porpoise
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 海豚，鼠海豚
演变路径（由近及远）
- 英语
- 继承自 ←中古英语 porpeys
- 源自 ←盎格鲁-诺曼语 porpeis
- 源自 ←古法语 pourpois
- 源自 ←通俗拉丁语 *porcopiscis “porpoise”
- 源自 ←拉丁语 porcus “hog, pig”
原始词根
原始印欧语 *perḱ-
词源说明
From Middle English porpeys, purpeys, borrowed from Anglo-Norman porpeis, purpeis, Old French pourpois, porpois, pourpais, porpeis (“porpoise”), from Vulgar Latin *porcopiscis (“porpoise”, literally “hog-fish”), taken from Latin porcus (“hog, pig”) + piscis (“fish”). Compare (in transposed order) obsolete Italian pesce porco and Portuguese peixe porco; also Latin porcus marīnus (“sea hog”); akin in formation to Frankish *mariswīn (“porpoise, dolphin”) (whence German Meerschwein, English mereswine). Displaced native Middle English brunswyn. More at mereswine.
释义（英文）
名词 Noun
动词 Verb
- (intransitive) Said of an air-breathing aquatic animal such as a porpoise or penguin: To repeatedly jump out of the water to take a breath and dive back in a continuous motion.
- (intransitive) Said of an aircraft: to make a series of plunges when taking off or landing; or of a watercraft: to successively plunge up and down in the water.