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单词 life-spot
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life-spot
life-spot n. Whaling Obsolete a vulnerable point behind the fin of the whale into which a lance may be thrust to kill the animal (cf. sense 2c).
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1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick lxxxiv. 410 In a superb lofty arch the bright steel spans the foaming distance, and quivers in the life spot of the whale.
1873 J. B. O'Reilly Songs from Southern Seas 91 The lance had struck in a life-spot, and the whale was spouting blood!
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