| 单词 | fast fish |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfast fish fast fish n. now historical a whale that a whaling boat has attached itself to by harpooning it. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > [noun] > large member of (whale) > harpooned fast fish1810 society > occupation and work > industry > whaling and seal-hunting > whaling > [noun] > harpooned whale fast fish1810 1810 W. P. Taunton Rep. Court Common Pleas 1 243 The question is, whether the whale is a fast fish or a loose fish. 1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions II. 244 The first effort of a ‘fast-fish’ or whale that has been struck, is to escape from the boat. 1982 H. Morton Whale's Wake 232 If the harpoon struck a whale and remained there with the line attached to both the whale and the boat, the whale was immediately to be considered a ‘fast fish’. < as lemmas |
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