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blubber

C2 noun

blubber /ˈblʌbəɹ/ nghĩa là mỡ cá voi

Các nghĩa

  1. mỡ cá voi

    A fatty layer of adipose tissue found immediately beneath the epidermis of whales and other cetaceans (infraorder Cetacea).

    countable · uncountable

    Though their [the hyena whale or pilot whale's] blubber is very thin, some of these whales will yield you upwards of thirty gallons of oil.

  2. lớp mỡ giữ ấm

    A fatty layer of adipose tissue found in other animals which keeps them warm, especially Arctic animals such as sea lions and Antarctic animals such as penguins.

    uncountable

  3. mỡ thừa

    A person's fat tissue, usually when regarded as excessive and unsightly.

    derogatory · informal · offensive · uncountable

    Are you numbered among the employed yet? I read the unemployment figures and I shudder. You do not have any stored-up blubber to live on.

  4. sự khóc thút thít

    An act of crying or weeping freely and noisily.

    countable · derogatory

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