whippet
['wipit]
n.(赛跑用的)小灵狗, 轻型战车
例句与用法:
A dessert consisting of a mold of sponge cake or bread with a filling, as of fruits, whipped cream, or custard.
水果奶油布丁一种甜点心,由松软蛋糕或面包加夹心做成,如加水果、掼奶油或蛋奶沙司
词形变化:
名词复数: whippers-in |
n.
1. 一种赛狗
2. 【军】(第一次世界大战时使用的)轻型战车
whippet['hwipit]n.1.■小灵狗(一种杂交的追猎或赛跑狗,产于英国北部)2.■(第一次世界大战时期的一种)快速轻型坦克[亦作 whippet tank]3.■[废语]小巧玲珑的人
whippetwhippet[ˈ(h)wipit]n.1.■极灵巧的杂种小猎狗[赛跑狗]2.■(=whippet tank)【军】快速轻坦克
noun
- a dog of a small slender breed originally produced as a cross between the greyhound and the terrier or spaniel, bred for racing
小灵狗
- early 17th cent.: partly from obsolete whippet 'move briskly'
whippet
名词 whippet:
small slender dog of greyhound type developed in England
whippet
■1912 - Willys-Overland Company was formed, producing the famous Willys-Knight series of vehicles and later the "Whippet.
" 1912年 -威利斯-欧弗兰特公司成立,生产著名的威利斯,奈特一系列车辆和后来的“ Whippet 。
■Keen as a whippet, his thin arms pumping, he headed into the prevailing swell.
他像一头敏捷的惠比特犬,挥舞着他瘦弱的胳膊,迎头冲向汹涌的巨浪。
■Upshaw, a fast-talking, shortstatured, dynamic whippet of a man in his late forties, had been selling drugs all his working life
厄普肖年近五十,讲起来话如同机关枪,身材不高,象一匹冲劲十足的赛犬。开始工作后,他一直干药品推销。
■This is one of the few smooth-coated Terriers and is more streamlined than most, indicating its Whippet blood.
又称黑棕犬,原产英国。在北美和欧洲饲养较多。被毛细密,光滑,无需特别修饰。
■Upshaw, a fast-talking, shortstatured, dynamic whippet of a man in his late forties, had been selling drugs all his working life .
如果劳动生活大部分是在肮脏下流话环境中度过的,人就会变得没有美好情感。
■Whippet [England]
快意别圆赛狗[英]
■whippet tank
快速轻型坦克
■Increased muscle size and improved racing performance in whippet dogs have also been traced to a single base-pair change, which inactivates a signal that normally suppresses muscle growth.
惠比特猎犬肌肉的增加和竞赛表现的增进,也被发现和单一碱基改变有关,它破坏了一个正常时会抑制肌肉生长的信号。
■And thus you see many a guy walking down the street with an Edsel.He could have a Porsche.He's got the mastiff, but wants the whippet, the greyhound.
所以你看到很多家伙上街带着个“伊德塞尔”(注:福特汽车的一个品牌,属中低价位车,此处比喻女人的质量档次),其实他本来可以开辆“保时捷”的。
■Software Description: About Whippets, These are cute little whippet puppies.
这些是聪明伶俐小小灵狗幼仔。
■The guy's like a whippet.
这家伙跑起来就像一只小惠比特犬。