English Dictionary

whaler

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈweɪlə/

名詞

俗語 オーストラリア英語 オーストラリア英語 古風

One who hunts whales; a person employed in the whaling industry. / A seagoing vessel used for hunting whales. / One who whales (flogs or beats). / (slang) A large, strong person.

日本語の意味

捕鯨を行う人、すなわち捕鯨業に従事する人 / 鯨を狩るために用いられる海上船舶、捕鯨船 / （俗語）殴る、または打つ行為をする人 / （俗語）大柄で力強い人

The whaler set out at dawn, determined to find the migrating pod of humpbacks.

捕鯨者は夜明けに出航し、移動中のザトウクジラの群れを見つける決意をしていた。

意味（1）

One who hunts whales; a person employed in the whaling industry.

For a whaler′s wife to have been “′round the Cape” half a dozen times, or even more, was nothing extraordinary.

意味（2）

A seagoing vessel used for hunting whales.

But o′ Thursday t′ Resolution, first whaler back this season, came in port.

意味（3）

One who whales (flogs or beats).

意味（4）

(slang) A large, strong person.

意味（5）

(slang) Something of unusually great size, a whopper, a whacker.

意味（6）

(Australia) Any shark of the family Carcharhinidae; a requiem shark.

The whalers (or requiem sharks) are one of the largest and best known family of sharks. Worldwide there are 48 species in 12 genera. However, relatively few species are on the Great Barrier Reef.

意味（7）

(Australian slang, dated) A sundowner; one who cruises about.

the nomad, “the whaler,” it is who will find the new order hostile to his vested interest of doing nothing.

whalers （ plural ）