phocine

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈfəʊsʌɪn/|/ˈfəʊsiːn/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A member of the subfamily Phocinae, comprising the "true" or "earless" seals.
    — Phocines anchor their hands by flexing their fingers, digging them into the substrate, and then pulling their body forward by elbow and shoulder flexion.
形容词 adj.
  1. Pertaining to a seal (or similar pinnipeds); seallike.
    — The bargain was soon made, and Gioga equipped herself in her phocine garb, but when the Shetlander gazed on the stormy sea he was to ride through, his courage nearly failed him, and he begged of the old lady to hare the kindness to allow him to cut a few holes in her shoulders and flanks, that he might obtain a better fastening for his hands between the skin and the flesh.

词形变化

more phocine comparative most phocine superlative phocines plural

词源

词源 1
From Latin phōca (“seal”) (from Ancient Greek φώκη (phṓkē)) + -ine.
词源 2
From Latin phōca (“seal”) (from Ancient Greek φώκη (phṓkē)) + -ine.
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