wain

n. 四轮运货马车, 北斗七星

发音

US /weɪn/
/ˈwiː(ə)n/
UK /weɪn/
/ˈweɪ(ə)n/
/weːn/

词形变化

wains 复数 wains 三单 waining 现在分词 wained 过去式 wained 过去分词

别名

wayn

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A wagon; a four-wheeled cart for hauling loads, usually pulled by horses or oxen.

    古体 文学

    "The Hay Wain" is a famous painting by John Constable.

  2. 1.

    Alternative form of wean.

v.
  1. 1.

    To carry.

    罕用 及物
  2. 1.

    Misspelling of wane.

    As the auto industry is waining away, the city is looking for something new. http://www.modeldmedia.com/inthenews/urbanfarm15108.aspx

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

wagon waggon

相关短语

Charles' Wain hay wain Charles's Wain n. (=Big Dipper)北斗七星 Conestoga wain Lesser Wain horse-wain

词源

From Middle English wayn, from Old English wæġn, from Proto-West Germanic *wagn, from Proto-Germanic *wagnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *woǵʰnos, from *weǵʰ- (“to bring, transport”). Doublet of wagon, borrowed from Middle Dutch. Cognates Cognate with West Frisian wein, Dutch wagen, German Wagen, Danish vogn, Norwegian vogn, Swedish vagn.

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