wain
英 [weɪn]
美[wen]
- n. 运货马车；北斗七星
- n. (Wain)人名；(英)韦恩
中文词源
wain 运货马车，战车
来自Proto-Germanic*wagnaz,马车，战车，词源同wagon,字母g脱落。
英文词源
- wain (n.)
- Old English wægn "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).
双语例句
- 1. These ideas are summarized in a diagram reproduced from Wain and Fawcett.
- 这些见解归纳在从韦恩和福西特复制的一个图解上.
来自辞典例句