whalebone

IPA/ˈweɪlbəʊn/
IPA/ˈweɪlbəʊn/

whalebone — 名詞

1. A bendable, firm substance taken from the mouths of some whale species, employed

1.名詞B2
釋義

鯨鬚

鯨魚口中的彈性角質條狀物

A bendable, firm substance taken from the mouths of some whale species, employed in earlier times to make clothing stiff or to build light frames for objects like umbrellas and folding fans.

例句

The old corset in the museum was stiffened with whalebone to shape the wearer's waist.

博物館裡那件舊馬甲是用鯨鬚撐硬的，用來塑形穿著者的腰部。

passive: was stiffened with [material] for historical use

Aylin found a Victorian fan made of whalebone at the antique market last Saturday.

Aylin 上週六在骨董市場找到一把維多利亞時代的鯨鬚扇子。

常見搭配
  • whalebone corset
  • whalebone fan
  • whalebone stays
  • whalebone strips
  • whalebone frame
  • made of whalebone
  • stiffened with whalebone
同義詞
  • baleen

    The modern biological term; 'baleen' is used in scientific contexts, while 'whalebone' is the older, more common historical name.

文法句型

whalebone + noun (modifier position)

用法筆記

Despite its name, whalebone is not actually bone — it is baleen, a material made of keratin, the same protein found in human hair and fingernails.

常見錯誤

Whalebone is a type of bone from whales.
Whalebone is not bone at all
it is baleen, made of keratin, like human hair.' — The name is misleading; it is a flexible horn-like substance, not bone.

同根字

  • baleen
    名詞C1

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介系詞搭配

  • made of whalebone
  • stiffened with whalebone
  • strips of whalebone