awheel

副词 adv.
中文释义

英文释义

副词 adv.
  1. Riding a bicycle. dated,not-comparable
    — Before the war, I used often to put my "bike" on the 12.20 p.m. (Saturdays only) and cover quite a lot of ground a-wheel before returning by another "Saturdays only" train leaving Moniaive about 10 p.m.
  2. Travelling by a wheeled vehicle. dated,not-comparable
    — […] an observer at large who chanced to be at the corner of Fourteenth Street and Seventh Avenue late one night when the traffic signals brought to a halt the few taxis that were awheel then.
  3. Circling; moving in the shape of a wheel. not-comparable,poetic
    — Its light glimmered on the river and on the wings of carrion fowl awheel overhead.

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂en-der.
Proto-Germanic *an
Proto-West Germanic *ana
Old English on
Middle English an
Middle English a-
English a-
Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-
Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷléh₂
Proto-Germanic *hweulō
Old English hwēol
Middle English whel
English wheel
English awheel
From a- + wheel.
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