walrus
/ˈwɔːl.rəs//ˈwɑl.rəs/
- n.
- 海象
中文释义来自 ECDICT
词源链
- 英语English
walrus
词源说明
Probably borrowed from Dutch walrus, a compound of wal (“whale”) and ros (“horse”). Displaced native Old English horshwæl (literally “horse-whale”). Compare similar constructions in Danish hvalros, Old Norse hrosshvalr, and German Walross.
释义
名词noun
- 1A large Arctic pinniped having long tusks, tough, wrinkled skin, and four flippers, Odobenus rosmarus.
- 2(informal, sometimes derogatory) A man with a walrus moustache.
动词verb
- 1To hunt walruses
- 2To be like a walrus