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词汇 blowhole
释义 blowhole
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈbləʊ.həʊl/ us /ˈbloʊ.hoʊl/
an opening in the top of the head of a whale (= very large sea mammal), through which it breathes(鲸的)鼻孔,喷水孔
 
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geology specialized
a hole in the ground that connects to a cave opening into the sea吹蚀穴
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Geography: caves, cracks & crevices
Examples from literature

But tell me, isn't that the noise cetaceans make when they spurt water from their blowholes? 
While I was observing this phenomenal creature, two jets of steam and water sprang from its blowholes and rose to an altitude of forty meters, which settled for me its mode of breathing. 

Examples of blowhole


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Basilosaurids possessed teeth and a skull remarkably similar in function and structure, both have nostrils (blowholes) located halfway back on the snout, just in front of the eyes.
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All the structures used untrussed cast iron girders, and generally failed from blowholes or other casting defects within the bulk material, and so completely hidden from external view.
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There are also stacks, arches and blowholes.
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Pygmy blue whales also tend to be darker than the other subspecies of blue whales, and the shape of their blowhole is different.
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At certain times of the year and in bad weather the caverns become filled with water and the entrance acts like a giant blowhole.
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There are coral steps which lead down through an opening in the roof (former blowhole) into the cave, these steps were built in 1912.
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The mouthline of this species is straight, and the melon forms a small bulge with a crescent-shaped blowhole with forward-pointing tips.
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A subtly shaded, crescent-shaped black band crosses the head just behind the blowhole.
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Vocal cords are not present; their sounds are produced in the blowhole system, instead.
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The blowhole blows just after they escape, which takes the life of two pirates.
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The sheer cliffs over the beach have a scenic walking path, featuring a blowhole, views of sea stacks and a multitude of wildlife.
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Once on land or immobilised in knee-deep water, a cut is made across its top near the blowhole to partially sever its head.
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An indistinct light gray "rostral saddle" may be present, and a few individuals can have pale, thin "blowhole streaks" trailing from the blowholes.
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He gets blown out of the whale's blowhole and falls back down, his head getting stuck in the blowhole.
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The blowhole is most active when the tide is high and the winds are strong.
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