English Dictionary

whelp

IPA（発音記号）

/wɛlp/

名詞

軽蔑的 廃用

A young offspring of a canid (ursid, felid, pinniped), especially of a dog or a wolf, the young of a bear or similar mammal (lion, tiger, seal); a pup, wolf cub.

日本語の意味

特に犬や狼などの若い個体、すなわち子犬や子狼などの意味。 / また、熊や類似の哺乳類（ライオン、虎、アザラシなど）の幼い個体も指す場合がある。

The tired mother nudged her lone whelp back into the den as dusk settled over the forest.

疲れた母親は薄暮が森を包む中、孤独な子犬を巣穴に戻すために鼻で優しくつついた。

意味（1）

A young offspring of a canid (ursid, felid, pinniped), especially of a dog or a wolf, the young of a bear or similar mammal (lion, tiger, seal); a pup, wolf cub.

[…]And fared like a furious wyld Beare, / Whose whelpes are ſtolne away, ſhe being otherwhere.

意味（2）

(derogatory) An insolent youth; a mere child.

That awkward whelp with his money bags would have made his entrance.

意味（3）

(obsolete) A kind of ship.

意味（4）

One of several wooden strips to prevent wear on a windlass on a clipper-era ship.

意味（5）

A tooth on a sprocket wheel (compare sprocket and cog).

whelps （ plural ）