wharfie

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A wharf worker: synonym of dockworker. Australia,New-Zealand,colloquial,informal
    — “It’s a twenty-four-hour stoppage,” he said. “The wharfies went to the Arbitration Court for another pound a week for something or other, and they didn’t get it, so they’ve stopped work for a day to show their displeasure […]”

词形变化

wharfies plural

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *hwerbaną
Proto-West Germanic *hwerban
Old English hweorfan
Middle English wharf
English wharf
English -ie
English wharfie
From wharf + -ie.
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