wharfinger

n. 码头管理员 [法] 码头所有者, 码头管理人

发音

UK /ˈwɔːfɪnd͡ʒə/
其它
UK /-ʒə/
US /ˈwɔɹfɪnd͡ʒəɹ/
US /ˈhwɔɹ-/

词形变化

wharfingers 复数 wharfingers

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The manager or owner of a wharf (“artificial landing place for ships on a riverbank or shore”).

    历史 航海 交通

    Near-synonym: dockmaster

  2. 2.

    The manager of a wharf along a railway line, that is, a place used for loading and unloading goods on to trains.

    交通 引申义

词源

From Late Middle English wharfager (“keeper of a wharf”) (modified in the same way as messenger from Middle English messager, passenger from Middle English passager, etc.), from wharfage (“use of a wharf; payment for such use”) + -er (suffix forming agent nouns, especially names of persons engaged in professions or trades). Wharfage is probably derived from Medieval Latin wharfāgium, or from Middle English wharf (“structure projecting into a body of water for ships to moor and load or unload, pier, quay, wharf”) + -age (suffix forming nouns denoting actions, states, etc.). By surface analysis, wharfage + -er.

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