wharf

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n. 码头 vt. 卸在码头上, 靠码头 vi. 靠码头, 入坞

发音

UK /ˈwɔːf/
US /ˈwɔɹf/
/ˈʍɔɹf/

词形变化

wharfs wharves 复数 wharves wharfs 复数 wharfed wharfing wharfs 三单 wharfing 现在分词 wharfed 过去式 wharfed 过去分词

别名

whf

教材释义与例句

名词

码头;停泊处

动词

使靠码头;为…建码头;把货卸在码头上

动词

靠码头

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An artificial landing place for ships on a riverbank or shore.

    码头

    港埠

    埠头

    航海 交通
  2. 2.

    Any bank of a river or shore of a sea.

    废旧
v.
  1. 1.

    To secure by a wharf.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To place on a wharf.

    及物

词汇关系

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词源

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *hwerbaną Proto-West Germanic *hwerban Old English hweorfan Middle English wharf English wharf From Middle English wharf, from Old English hwearf (“heap, embankment, wharf”); related to Old English hweorfan (“to turn”), Old Saxon hwerf (whence German Werft and Warft), Dutch werf, Old High German hwarb (“a turn”), hwerban (“to turn”), Old Norse hvarf (“circle”), and Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós, “wrist”).

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