sternwheeler

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A vessel (especially a paddle steamer) propelled by a single paddle wheel positioned at the stern
    — Williams's steamboat crossed paths with a boat that was at the start of its voyage upstream, a long, boxy sternwheeler with a funnel and pilothouse on its top deck.

词形变化

sternwheelers 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
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English sternwheeler
From sternwheel + -er.
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