| 词汇 | whaling |
| 释义 | whaling noun[ U ] uk /ˈweɪ.lɪŋ/ us /ˈweɪ.lɪŋ/ the activity of hunting whales捕鲸 Hunting & fishing angler angling anti-hunt anti-hunter anti-hunting barb fishhook fishing line fishing rod fly fishing fox hunt outfish overfishing piscatory poach poaching quarry ravening whaler yoicks Examples of whalingwhaling Norwegian bottlenose whaling reached it zenith in 1896 when 61 vessels caught 2864 whales. A unique opportunity has been seized to gather information on the industrial landscape of shore whaling. An epilogue briefly describes this development in whaling after 1931. The author argued that as the whaling ship was a closed community of approximately 300 men, this was suggestive of an infectious aetiology. Nevertheless, she was withdrawn from bottlenose whaling and commercial sealing. Combined bottlenose whaling and sealing made the trade profitable again for many ship owners. This expedition, too, was a failure in terms of whaling. As a whaling enterprise, the voyage was an abject failure. In the post-war period, whaling yielded valuable food oils and meat, and much money had been spent on factory ships and infrastructure. It gives a very detailed and vivid account of the equipment and practices of whaling and sealing. Her bow and keel were extra solid and large, to make her capable of penetrating the ice and reaching the whaling and sealing grounds. Unsurprisingly, whaling featured prominently amongst the potential economic advantages that the region could offer that country. Norwegian whaling masters and shipowners saw the potential in bottlenose whaling, and several sealers were equipped for this purpose. Whaling logbooks and journals 1613-1927: an inventory of manuscript records in public collections. Maps by some other whaling captains could usefully have been have included. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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