a word applied to killer whales and other large, dolphin-like creatures, 1590s, earlier graundepose (1520s), altered (by influence of grand) from Middle English graspeys (late 13c.), from Anglo-French grampais, from Old French graspois, craspois "whale, (salted) whale meat; blubber; seal," from Medieval Latin craspicis, literally "great fish" or "fat fish," from Latin crassus "thick" + piscis "fish" (see fish (n.)). For specifics of usage in English, see OED.
双语例句
1. The stairs made him puff like a grampus.
爬楼梯爬得他气喘如牛.
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2. A cetacean ( Grampus griseus ) related to and resembling the dolphins but lacking a beaklike snout.
