wharve

[纺]锭盘, [机]小飞轮

发音

US /woɹv/
UK /wɔːv/
/ʍɔː(ɹ)v/

词形变化

wharves 复数 wharved wharves 三单 wharving whorf whorven wharving 现在分词 wharved 过去式 whorf 过去式 wharved 过去分词 whorf 过去分词 whorven 过去式 whorven 过去分词

别名

wherve

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The whorl of a spindle.

    a wherue, whyche is a rounde thyne of stone, or wodde, or leadde, put on a spyndell to make it runne rounde.

    The Warve or small Pullas.

v.
  1. 1.

    To turn, turn over (especially of mown grass).

    苏格兰

    “Junda” Klingrahool (1898)ː It wharves the wair and stirs the sand.

词源

From Middle English wherve, from Old English hweorfa, related to the verb.

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