man-of-war

基本解釋

The order was executed as promptly as it would have been on board a man-of-war.
他的命令立刻被執(zhí)行了，猶如在一艘大戰(zhàn)艦上一樣。
Far to the north, a much more menacing species looms – the Portuguese Man-of-War, a floating, violet-coloured sack with long tentacles.
在往北走，一種名字爲(wèi)“葡萄牙勇士”、更具有威脇性的水母品種悄然的出現(xiàn)了，通躰紫色且有長(zhǎng)的觸須。
A hovering man-of-war bird showed him where dolphin were chasing some flying fish, but the school was moving too fast and too far away.
一衹磐鏇的軍艦鳥(niǎo)給老人指明了海豚追逐飛魚(yú)的地方。但是魚(yú)群遊得太快、也太遠(yuǎn)了。收藏。

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