blubber
blubber 英 ['blʌbə] 美 ['blʌbɚ]
n. 鲸脂；哭泣 vi. 又哭又闹 vt. 又哭又闹
进行时:blubbering 过去式:blubbered 过去分词:blubbered 第三人称单数:blubbers 名词复数:blubbers
- Blubber is the thick layer of fat that keeps whales and other large swimming mammals warm in the cold water. Inuits and other northern people have traditionally relied on eating blubber.
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- n. 鲸脂；哭泣
- vi. 又哭又闹
- vt. 又哭又闹
- adj. 肿大的
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1. But my fur and a thick layer of blubber make it so I don't need a real house.
但是我的皮毛和厚厚的脂肪层使得我可以这样，所以我并不需要一座真正的房子。
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2. Keeping warm: Just like the polar bear and the otter, it is possible that humans develop an extra layer of “blubber” to keep warm.
保暖：就像北极熊和水獭，人类很有可能长出类似于“鲸脂”的皮层来保暖。
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3. Isovaleric acid and organohalogens found in dolphin blubber, Zasloff notes, have antimicrobial properties in other organisms and may help stave off infections in dolphins.
Zasloff说，在海豚鲸脂内发现了异缬草酸和有机卤素，它们在其它生物体中有抗菌性，在海豚体内能避免其受到感染。
- blubber (n.) late 14c., blober "a bubble, bubbling water; foaming waves," probably echoic of bubbling water. Original notion of "bubbling, foaming" survives in the figurative verbal meaning "to weep, cry" (c. 1400). Meaning "whale fat" first attested 1660s; earlier it was used in reference to jellyfish (c. 1600) and of whale oil (mid-15c.). Compare bubble.
- blubber (v.) "to cry, to overflow with weeping" (usually disparaging), c. 1400, from blubber (n.). In Middle English also "to seethe, bubble" (late 14c.). Related: Blubbered; blubbering.
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