wharf
英 [wɔːf]
美 [wɔrf]
- vt. 使靠码头；为…建码头；把货卸在码头上
- vi. 靠码头
- n. 码头；停泊处
助记提示
1. Wharf has relatives in German werft 'wharf, shipyard' and Dutch werf 'shipyard'. All three appear to go back to a prehistoric Germanic base *(kh)werb-, *(kh)warb- 'turn', which also produced German werfen 'throw' and English warp.
2. 也许是因为堤岸、码头对循环往复的波浪、波涛其防护、拦阻作用，然后就由此引申而来。
双语例句
- 1. At Dorset Wharf go left to rejoin the river.
- 在多塞特码头向左返回河道。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. We fetch up at the wharf exactly on time.
- 我们准时到达码头.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. The ship lies alongside the wharf.
- 那艘船停靠在码头边.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 4. Canary Wharf was set to provide 10 million square feet of office space.
- 金丝雀码头计划要提供1,000万平方英尺的办公面积。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. They'd already driven along the wharf so that she could point out her father's boat.
- 他们已经开车沿码头走了一遍，好让她指出哪艘是她父亲的船。
来自柯林斯例句
