bottlenose

IPA/bˈɒtəlnˌəʊz/
IPA/bˈɑːtəlnˌoʊz/

bottlenose — 名詞

1. a type of dolphin that lives in warm or mild ocean waters, known for its short,

1.名詞A2
釋義

瓶鼻海豚

一種灰色海豚,嘴部突出如瓶口

a type of dolphin that lives in warm or mild ocean waters, known for its short, thick snout that looks like the neck of a bottle

例句

The children watched bottlenose dolphins jump through hoops at the aquarium.

孩子們觀看瓶鼻海豚在水族館裡跳躍穿過圓圈。

watch + bottlenose dolphins + at [place]

Wei and his sister saw a pod of bottlenose dolphins near the coast of Florida.

小偉和妹妹在佛羅里達海岸附近看到一群瓶鼻海豚。

collocation: pod of bottlenose dolphins

同義詞
  • dolphin

    broader term; refers to any member of the Delphinidae family, not just the bottlenose species

  • common bottlenose dolphin

    formal scientific name for the species Tursiops truncatus

  • Tursiops truncatus

    Latin scientific name used in biology and conservation contexts

常見錯誤

A bottlenose porpoise jumped out of the water.
A bottlenose dolphin jumped out of the water.
💡porpoises are a different family of sea mammals with shorter snouts and different teeth shapes.