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，一種名字為“葡萄牙勇士”、更具有威脅性的水母品種悄然的出現(xiàn)了，通體紫色且有長的觸須。
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.
一只盤旋的軍艦鳥給老人指明了海豚追逐飛魚的地方。但是魚群游得太快、也太遠了。收藏。

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