sternwheel

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A paddle wheel positioned at the stern of a vessel.
    — The current was more rapid now, the steamer seemed at her last gasp, the stern–wheel flopped languidly, and I caught myself listening on tiptoe for the next beat of the boat, for in sober truth I expected the wretched thing to give up every moment.

词形变化

sternwheels plural

词源

Etymology tree
English stern
Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-
Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷléh₂
Proto-Germanic *hweulō
Old English hwēol
Middle English whel
English wheel
English sternwheel
From stern + wheel.
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