spyhop

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The action of raising the front half of the body out of the sea in a controlled manner.
    — In a more vigorous spyhop, the pectorals are exposed but are rarely brought completely out of the water. On occasion a whale respires during a spyhop.
动词 v.
  1. To raise the front half of the body out of the sea in a controlled manner. intransitive
    — Killer whales sometimes spyhop. To spyhop, they lift the front half of their body out of the water.

词形变化

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词源

词源 1
From spy + hop.
词源 2
From spy + hop.
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