wain

英 [weɪn] 美 [wen]
  • n. 运货马车;北斗七星
  • n. (Wain)人名;(英)韦恩
星级词汇:
wain
«
1 / 10
»
wain 运货马车,战车

来自Proto-Germanic*wagnaz,马车,战车,词源同wagon,字母g脱落。

wain (n.)
Old English wægn "wheeled vehicle, wagon, cart," from Proto-Germanic *wagnaz (see wagon). Largely fallen from use by c. 1600, but kept alive by poets, who found it easier to rhyme on than wagon. As a name for the Big Dipper/Plough, it is from Old English (see Charles's Wain).
1. These ideas are summarized in a diagram reproduced from Wain and Fawcett.
这些见解归纳在从韦恩和福西特复制的一个图解上.

来自辞典例句

[ wain 造句 ]