英 /mɒˈreɪ; ˈmɒreɪ/,美 /ˈmɜːrri/ 或 /ˈmɔːreɪ/
n.(名词)
动物学:海鳝(一类生活在热带沿海水域的鳗类,隶属海鳝科,体色鲜艳,通常栖息于岩礁或珊瑚礁中,性情凶猛但一般不主动攻击人类,被激怒时可能伤人)。
示例:花斑裸胸鳝(Giant moray)、豆点裸胸鳝(laced moray)。
地名:莫里郡(苏格兰东北部议会区,英文为 Moray)。
人名:莫拉伊(多见于美、英、法、阿根廷等国)。
源自拉丁语 muraena(海鳝),经由葡萄牙语 moreia 传入英语,最早记录于17世纪。
动物学语境:
单独使用时可直接指代“海鳝”,如“a moray eel”(一条海鳝)。
短语:Moray Soup(海鳗汤)。
地名与专有名词:
示例:莫里湾(Moray Firth,苏格兰海域)。
在加勒比海,一条海鳗潜伏在装满鱼的笼子外。(A moray eel lurks outside a cage full of fish in the Caribbean Sea.)
海鳗最大可长到5英尺(1.5米),与多数鳗鱼不同,它们通常没有胸鳍。(Known to grow as long as about 5 feet (1.5 meters), moray species generally lack pectoral fins, unlike most other eel species.)
一条海鳝静静地躲在海绵中等待猎物上门。(Waiting for a meal, a moray eel hides in a sponge.)
旅馆位于马里湾(Moray Firth)的避风海岸。(The hotel is situated on the sheltered shores of the Moray Firth.)
马里伯爵(Earl of Moray)是苏格兰女王玛丽·斯图亚特的异母兄弟。(The Earl of Moray was the half-brother of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots.)
据说他们用鱼叉捕鱼时,遭遇了一条类似巨型海鳝的生物,吓得差点逃离海面。(They allegedly had a very close encounter with a creature like a giant moray eel, which literally scared them out of the water.)
这家旅馆靠近马里郡的威士忌和城堡小径。(...靠近马里(Moray)的威士忌和城堡的小径。)
海鳝科鱼类通常栖息于温暖沿海水域,大型个体被激怒时可能危险。(Family of brightly colored voracious eels of warm coastal waters; generally nonaggressive to humans but larger species are dangerous if provoked.)
马里(Moray)是苏格兰姓氏,意为“海”。(Moray代表是马里是苏格兰姓氏,意为‘海’。)
“海鳗号”(Moray)首次出发执行战备侦察任务时,美国鱼雷的质量尚未过关。(American torpedoes were still failing when the Moray set forth on its first war patrol.)
表示“海鳝”时,可与“eel”