wharve

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /wɔːv/    美 /woɹv/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The whorl of a spindle.
    — a wherue, whyche is a rounde thyne of stone, or wodde, or leadde, put on a spyndell to make it runne rounde.
动词 v.
  1. To turn, turn over (especially of mown grass). Northern-England,Scotland
    — 1898, “Junda” Klingrahoolː It wharves the wair and stirs the sand.

词形变化

wharves present,singular,third-person wharving participle,present wharved past whorf past wharved participle,past whorf participle,past whorven participle,past wharves plural wherve alternative

词源

词源 1
From Middle English wharven (“to turn”), from Old English hweorfan (“to turn”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwerban (“to turn”), from Proto-Germanic *hwerbaną (“to turn”). Cognate with Dutch werven (“to recruit”), Icelandic hverfa (“to turn”), Faroese hvørva (“to disappear”), German werben (“to recruit, advertise”).
词源 2
From Middle English wherve, from Old English hweorfa, related to the verb.
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