wherry

n. 浅水客货船, 单人双浆小赛艇 vt. 用驳船运

发音

其它 /ˈʍɛɹi/

词形变化

wherries 复数 wherries wherried wherries 三单 wherrying wherrying 现在分词 wherried 过去式 wherried 过去分词

别名

whirry

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A boat or light ship used to navigate inland waterways.

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    He went out for Freshman rowing but didn't make any of the crews and took to rowing by himself in a wherry three afternoons a week.

  2. 2.

    A flat-bottomed vessel once employed by British merchants, notably in East Anglia, sometimes converted into pleasure boats.

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  3. 3.

    A liquor made from the pulp of crab-apples after the verjuice is extracted.

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v.
  1. 1.

    To travel or transport in a wherry.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 7

lighter barge dory dinghy hoy rowboat flatboat

词源

From Middle English whery (“small boat”), of obscure origin but cognate to French houari and Breton ouari, as well as Welsh chweri (“small boat”).

来源：wiktionary