whelm

vt. 用...覆盖, 压倒, 淹没 vi. 覆盖, 淹没

发音

US /ʍɛlm/
UK /ʍɛlm/
US /wɛlm/
UK /wɛlm/

词形变化

whelms 复数 whelmed whelming whelms 三单 whelms whelming 现在分词 whelmed 过去式 whelmed 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A surge of water.

    比喻 诗歌

    the whelm of the tide

  2. 2.

    A wooden drainpipe, a hollowed out tree trunk, turned with the cavity downwards to form an arched watercourse.

v.
  1. 1.

    To bury, to cover; to engulf, to submerge.

    压倒

    淹没

    古体 及物
  2. 2.

    To throw (something) over a thing so as to cover it.

    废旧 及物
  3. 3.

    To ruin or destroy.

    废旧 及物
  4. 4.

    To overcome with emotion; to overwhelm.

    古体 不及物

词汇关系

动词

同义词 4

overcome overtake overwhelm overpower

上位词 8

fire raise provoke arouse evoke kindle elicit enkindle

下位词 9

kill lock seize clutch stagger devastate get hold of knock out benight

词源

From Middle English whelmen (“to turn over, capsize; to invert, turn upside down”), perhaps from Old English *hwealmnian, a variant of *hwealfnian, from hwealf (“arched, concave, vaulted; an arched or vaulted ceiling”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwalb, from Proto-Germanic *hwalbą (“arch, vault”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷelp- (“to curve”). Cognates The English word is cognate with Dutch welven (“to arch”), Old Saxon bihwelvian (“to cover, hide”), German wölben (“to bend, curve, arch”), Icelandic hvelfa (“to overturn”), German Walm (“a vaulted roof”), Icelandic hvolf (“vaulted ceiling”), Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos, “bosom, hollow, gulf”). The noun is derived from the verb.

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