wain
英 [we?n]
美[wen]
- n. 運貨馬車；北斗七星
- n. (Wain)人名；(英)韋恩
暢通詞匯
中文詞源
wain 運貨馬車，戰車
來自Proto-Germanic*wagnaz,馬車，戰車，詞源同wagon,字母g脫落。
英文詞源
- wain (n.)
- Old English w?gn "wheeled vehicle, wagon, cart," from Proto-Germanic *wagnaz (see wagon). Largely fallen from use by c. 1600, but kept alive by poets, who found it easier to rhyme on than wagon. As a name for the Big Dipper/Plough, it is from Old English (see Charles's Wain).
雙語例句
- 1. These ideas are summarized in a diagram reproduced from Wain and Fawcett.
- 這些見解歸納在從韋恩和福西特復制的一個圖解上.
來自辭典例句