wey

n. 韦 (旧时英国重量或容量单位)

发音

/weɪ/

词形变化

weys 复数 weys

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An old English measure of weight containing 224 pounds; equivalent to 2 hundredweight.

    古体

    Than though I hadde this wouke ywonne a weye of Essex cheese.

词源

From Middle English weie, waie, weihe, wæȝe, from Old English wǣġ (“a weight; a tool for weighing, balance, scale”), from Proto-West Germanic *wāgu, from Proto-Germanic *wēgō (“scales; weight”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to move, bring, transport”). Cognate with German Waage (“weight”), Icelandic vág (“a weight”).

来源：wiktionary