wharf
英 [w??f]
美 [w?rf]
- vt. 使靠碼頭；為…建碼頭；把貨卸在碼頭上
- vi. 靠碼頭
- n. 碼頭；停泊處
助記提示
1. Wharf has relatives in German werft 'wharf, shipyard' and Dutch werf 'shipyard'. All three appear to go back to a prehistoric Germanic base *(kh)werb-, *(kh)warb- 'turn', which also produced German werfen 'throw' and English warp.
2. 也許是因為堤岸、碼頭對循環往復的波浪、波濤其防護、攔阻作用，然后就由此引申而來。
中文詞源
wharf 碼頭來自古英語hwearf,河岸，船停靠點，來自PIE*kwerp,轉，轉開，來自PIE*sker,轉，詞源同ring,carpal。引申詞義船的臨時停靠點，碼頭。
英文詞源
- wharf
- wharf: [OE] Wharf has relatives in German werft ‘wharf, shipyard’ and Dutch werf ‘shipyard’. All three appear to go back to a prehistoric Germanic base *(kh)werb-, *(kh)warb- ‘turn’, which also produced German werfen ‘throw’ and English warp.
=> version, warp - wharf (n.)
- late Old English hwearf "shore, bank where ships can tie up," earlier "dam, embankment," from Proto-Germanic *hwarfaz (cognates: Middle Low German werf "mole, dam, wharf," German Werft "shipyard, dockyard"); related to Old English hwearfian "to turn," perhaps in a sense implying "busy activity," from PIE root *kwerp- "to turn, revolve" (cognates: Old Norse hverfa "to turn round," German werben "to enlist, solicit, court, woo," Gothic hvairban "to wander," Greek kartos "wrist," Sanskrit surpam "winnowing fan"). Wharf rat is from 1812 as "type of rat common on ships and docks;" extended sense "person who hangs around docks" is recorded from 1836.
雙語例句
- 1. At Dorset Wharf go left to rejoin the river.
- 在多塞特碼頭向左返回河道。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. We fetch up at the wharf exactly on time.
- 我們準時到達碼頭.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. The ship lies alongside the wharf.
- 那艘船停靠在碼頭邊.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 4. Canary Wharf was set to provide 10 million square feet of office space.
- 金絲雀碼頭計劃要提供1,000萬平方英尺的辦公面積。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. They'd already driven along the wharf so that she could point out her father's boat.
- 他們已經開車沿碼頭走了一遍，好讓她指出哪艘是她父親的船。
來自柯林斯例句