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单词 wharve
释义

wharve

English

Etymology

From Middle English wharven (to turn), from Old English hweorfan (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).

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /wɔɹv/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /wɔːv/
  • (without the winewhine merger) IPA(key): /ʍɔɹv/

Verb

wharve (third-person singular simple present wharves, present participle wharving, simple past wharved or whorf, past participle wharved or whorven)

  1. (Scotland, Northern England) to turn, turn over (especially of mown grass).
    • “Junda” Klingrahool (1898)ː
      It wharves the wair and stirs the sand.

References

  • The Dictionary of the Scots Language
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