thwaite

[英]新开地, 开垦地

发音

US /ˈθweɪ̯t/
其它
UK /ˈθweɪ̯t/
AU /ˈθwæɪ̯t/

词形变化

thwaites 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A piece of forest land cleared for agriculture or habitation; a clearing.

    古体
  2. 1.

    Alternative form of twaite.

相关短语

Thwaite Flat

词源

Inherited from Middle English *thwait, a borrowing from Old Norse þveit (“paddock”). Compare Old Norse þveita (“to hurl”) (see whittle), Danish døjt (“¹⁄₁₆₀ of the gulden”, dialectal: “a small coin”), German Deut, Dutch duit. Cognate with Old English þwītan (“to thwite; cut; cut off”). Doublet of doit, and possibly of twat.

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