white whale如何读

英：[hwait hweil]

美：[hwaɪt hwel]

white whale是什么意思

n.

白鲸

white whale英英释义

noun

beluga sense 2

or less commonly great white whale something (such as a goal or object) that is obsessively pursued For drug makers, developing the first Alzheimer's therapy has long been seen as the great white whale: the toughest challenge and biggest opportunity.—Robert Weisman

It was the old man's white whale, the holy grail shining at the end of the dream, on and off the rails, as he chased scripts, directors, and movie stars of the proper magnitude.—Rich Cohen

white whale词源英文解释

(sense 2) after the white sperm whale obsessively hunted by Captain Ahab in Herman Melville's novel Moby Dick (1851)

The first known use of white whale was in 1635

white whale 例句

1 Disney is on the precipice of the entertainment industry’s white whale: Profitability in streaming.

2 Investing legend Warren Buffett is something of a white whale for Tesla fans—reeling him in as a stakeholder verges on a Captain Ahab–style obsession.

3 Housing is the perennial white whale, given how many buyers are bereft at the dearth of affordable options.

4 His white whale is a patent model of one of the earliest proto-typewriters, last seen in the nineteen-forties.

5 Their main goal will be updating their workflows to increase worker productivity—the perennial white whale amid new hybrid work plans.

6 The academy has been chasing this white whale for a while.

7 Since business leaders became serious about getting employees back to offices post-pandemic, the idea of cultivating a work culture that boosts productivity, and the bottom line has been many bosses’ white whale.

8 Another white whale of sorts—the identity of the man on the cover of Led Zeppelin IV—also surfaced in 2023.

9 Did I mention we were after a white whale?

我有说过我们要找一只白鲸 吗 ?

10 Do you want to a look at the white whale's performance?

您想看到白鲸的精彩表演 吗 ?

11 Other toothed whales are bottlenose, the beaked whale, and the white whale.

其它有齿鲸包括宽吻海豚 、 突吻鲸 、 以及白鲸.

12 Look at this white whale.

看看这个白鲸.

13 Other toothed whales are the bottlenose, the beaked whale, and the white whale.

其它有齿鲸包括宽吻海豚 、 突吻鲸以及白鲸.

14 Photo Gallery: Whales The beluga, or white whale, is one of the smallest species of whale.

鲸鱼图片 美术馆 .白色大寻鱼白鲸, 或白鲸, 是鲸鱼的最小的物种之一.

15 This is my first time to be so close to a white whale.

头一次和白鲸有这么近距离的接触.

16 Scientists have discovered the life circle of the white whales.

科学家们已经发现了白鲸的生活规律。

17 Some of the kinds of whales are the blue whale, the humpback, the gray whale, and the white whale.

鲸鱼的种类还包括蓝鲸，座头鲸，灰鲸和白鲸。

white whale 同义词

1 白鲸

beluga whitefish

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