quay

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n. 码头, 驳岸 [经] 贴岸码头

发音

UK /kiː/
AU
IE /keɪ/
US /kiː/
US /keɪ/
US /kweɪ/

词形变化

quays 复数 quays quayed quaying quays 三单 quaying 现在分词 quayed 过去式 quayed 过去分词 quayer 比较级 quayest 最高级

别名

key cay

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A stone or concrete structure on navigable water used for loading and unloading vessels; a wharf.

    码头

    埠头

    船埠

    航海 交通

    moor up in the quay

v.
  1. 1.

    To land or tie up at a quay or similar structure, especially used in the phrase "quay up".

adj.
  1. 1.

    Alternative spelling of qway (“far”).

    多元文化伦敦英语
adv.
  1. 1.

    Alternative spelling of qway (“far”).

    多元文化伦敦英语

词汇关系

名词

上位词 4

dock pier wharf wharfage

相关短语

Quay County Delivered Ex Quay Connah's Quay Willington Quay New Quay

词源

The current spelling replaced the spelling key in the 1690s to emulate the spelling but (at least originally) not the pronunciation of the equivalent modern French quai. From Middle English kay, key, kaye, keye, from Old French kay, cail, from Gaulish *kagyum, cagiíun (“enclosure”), from Proto-Celtic *kagyom (“pen, enclosure”) (compare Welsh cae (“field”)), from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰyóm (“enclosure”). Doublet of hedge and hey (“choreographic figure”).

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