Wainwright

发音

其它 /ˈweɪnɹaɪt/

词形变化

Wainwrights 复数 Wainwrights

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any of the 214 fells (hills and mountains) described in A. Wainwright's Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells (1955–1966), often visited as a form of peak bagging.

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name
  1. 1.

    An English surname originating as an occupation

  2. 2.

    A municipal district (Municipal District of Wainwright No. 61) and town therein, in Alberta, Canada.

  3. 3.

    A number of places in the United States:

    An unincorporated community in Monroe County, Alabama.

  4. 4.

    A number of places in the United States:

    A minor city in North Slope Borough, Alaska.

  5. 5.

    A number of places in the United States:

    An unincorporated community in Callaway County, Missouri.

  6. 6.

    A number of places in the United States:

    An unincorporated community in Milton Township, Jackson County, Ohio.

  7. 7.

    A number of places in the United States:

    An unincorporated community in Warwick Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio.

  8. 8.

    A number of places in the United States:

    A town in Muskogee County, Oklahoma.

词汇关系

名词

词源

From Old English wægnwyrhta, equivalent to wain (“large wagon for farm use”) + wright (“worker; maker”). The Canadian town is named after William Wainwright, the second vice-president of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway along which the town was built.

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