captain ahab

language: ru

definitions

  1. The central character and captain of the Pequod in Herman Melville's novel Moby-Dick, characterized by his monomaniacal obsession with hunting a white sperm whale.
    ru: Герой Моби Дика

examples

  1. Captain Ahab ordered the small boats into the water to search for the white whale.

    Капитан Ахав приказал спустить маленькие лодки на воду в поисках белого кита.