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单词 wharve
释义

wharve

[ hwawrv, wawrv ]
/ ʰwɔrv, wɔrv /

noun

Spinning. a wheel or round piece of wood on a spindle, serving as a flywheel or as a pulley.

Origin of wharve

before 1000; Middle English wherve,Old English hweorfa; derivative of hwerfan to revolve

Words nearby wharve

wharf rat, Wharton, Wharton, Edith, Wharton's duct, Wharton's jelly, wharve, wharves, what, whata, what about, whataboutery
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British Dictionary definitions for wharve

wharve
/ (wɔːv) /

noun

a wooden disc or wheel on a shaft serving as a flywheel or pulley

Word Origin for wharve

Old English hweorfa, from hweorfan to revolve; related to Old Saxon hwervo axis, Old High German hwerbo a turn
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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