quern

n. 手推石磨

发音

US /kwɝn/
其它
UK /kwɜːn/

词形变化

querns 复数 querns querned querning querns 三单 querning 现在分词 querned 过去式 querned 过去分词

别名

curn kern quirn

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A mill for grinding corn, especially a handmill made of two circular stones.

    手推磨

v.
  1. 1.

    To grind; to use a quern.

    及物

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

mill grinder

相关短语

beehive quern saddle quern

词源

From Middle English quern, cwerne, from Old English cweorn (“quern, hand-mill, mill”), from Proto-Germanic *kwernō (“millstone”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂wō (“heavy stone”), from *gʷréh₂us (“heavy”). Cognate with Tocharian B kärweñe, Lithuanian girna, Russian жёрнов (žórnov, “millstone”).

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