whaler是什么意思

音标:英 ['weɪlə(r)]美 [ˈhwelɚ, ˈwe-]

捕鲸者, 捕鲸船

a seaman who works on a ship that hunts whales
a ship engaged in whale fishing

whaler的用法和例句：

1. You could've been a whaler as I am a doctor.

你可能曾是捕鲸人 就像我是博士一样

2. Every now and then he'll snatch up a fisherman or a whaler.

时不时会抓走渔夫或是捕鲸船

3. Boyfriend tried to outrun a 20 feet whaler.

她男朋友想超越一艘二十英尺的捕鲸船

4. They were so trusting and inquisitive that they swam right up to the whalers' boats.

它们充满好奇 毫无戒备 它们甚至会自己游到捕鲸船的旁边

5. And to think by the end of the 19th century, whalers had all but wiped them out.

但要想到十九世纪末 捕鲸船差点让鲸鱼灭绝

6. And the whalers called them right whales because they were the right whales to hunt.

捕鲸人叫它们"正确的鲸" 因为捕杀它们是正确的选择

7. whalers, hunters and trappers came first, seeking valuable oil, blubber and furs.

捕鲸者和猎人最先来到这里 寻找珍贵的石油 鲸脂和皮毛

8. With simple wooden boats and handmade weapons, the whalers seem illprepared for battle, but this is how it's been for 600 years.

只凭借简陋的小木筏和手工捕鱼器 村民们看起来没什么胜算 但是六百多年来一直都是这样过来的