weir

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n. 堰, 鱼梁 [化] 堰

发音

AU /wɪə̯/
UK /wɪə̯/
US /wɪɹ/
SCOT /wiːɹ/
NZ /wiə/
/wɛː/

词形变化

weirs 复数 weirs

别名

wear wier wyer

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An adjustable dam placed across a river to regulate the flow of water downstream.

  2. 2.

    A fence placed across a river to catch fish.

  3. 3.

    Seaweed.

    废旧

词汇关系

名词

上位词 5

fence dam dyke fencing dike

相关短语

Weir Views Bridge of Weir leaky weir Porlock Weir Goulburn Weir

词源

From Middle English were, from Old English wer, from werian (“to dam up”), from Proto-West Germanic *warjan, from Proto-Germanic *warjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to cover”); Cognate with Old Norse ver (“station for fishing”), Sanskrit वृणोति (vṛṇóti). Related to warranty.

来源：wiktionary