whale

クジラ

海にすむ非常に大きな動物で、空気を吸い、子を乳で育てる。

やさしい英語で： A very large animal that lives in the sea, breathes air, and feeds its young with milk.

• We saw a whale from the boat.
• Whales come to the surface to breathe.
• A blue whale can grow very large.

よく使う表現： blue whale, humpback whale, whale watching

鯨類

大型のクジラ、イルカ、ネズミイルカを含む海の哺乳類の仲間。

やさしい英語で： Any animal in the sea mammal group that includes large whales, dolphins, and porpoises.

• In this classification, a dolphin is a whale.
• Toothed whales include porpoises and dolphins.
• Scientists group these whale species by their ancestry.

類義語： cetacean

よく使う表現： toothed whale, whale species, whale family

捕鯨する

油や肉などを得るためにクジラを捕まえる。

やさしい英語で： To hunt large sea mammals for their oil, meat, or other products.

• The crew whaled in northern waters.
• Those ships used to whale for oil.
• They no longer whale commercially.

よく使う表現： whale commercially, whale offshore, whale for oil

殴りつける、めった打ちにする

人や物を何度も強く殴る。

やさしい英語で： To hit someone or something hard many times.

• He whaled on the bag.
• The attacker whaled on him with both fists.
• She was whaling on the stuck door with a hammer.

使い方： whale on someone/something (He began to whale on the punching bag.)

類義語： beat, pound, thrash

よく使う表現： whale on someone, whale on something