wharf 音标拼音: [w'ɔrf] [hw'ɔrf]
n . 码头
vt . 卸上码头,靠在码头
vi . 入坞
码头卸上码头,靠在码头入坞
wharf n 1 :
a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles ;
provides access to ships and boats [
synonym : {
pier }, {
wharf }, {
wharfage }, {
dock }]
v 1 :
provide with a wharf ; "
Wharf the mouth of the river "
2 :
store on a wharf ; "
Wharf the merchandise "
3 :
discharge at a wharf ; "
wharf the passengers "
4 :
come into or dock at a wharf ; "
the big ship wharfed in the evening " [
synonym : {
moor }, {
berth }, {
wharf }]
5 :
moor at a wharf ; "
The ship was wharfed "
Wharf \
Wharf \,
n .;
pl . {
Wharfs }
or {
Wharves }. [
AS .
hwerf ,
hwearf ,
a returning ,
a change ,
from hweorfan to turn ,
turn about ,
go about ;
akin to D .
werf a wharf ,
G .
werft ,
Sw .
varf a shipbuilder '
s yard ,
Dan .
verft wharf ,
dockyard ,
G .
werben to enlist ,
to engage ,
woo ,
OHG .
werban to turn about ,
go about ,
be active or occupied ,
Icel .
hverfa to turn ,
Goth .
hwa ['
i ]
rban ,
hwarb [=
o ]
n ,
to walk .
Cf . {
Whirl }.]
[
1913 Webster ]
1 .
A structure or platform of timber ,
masonry ,
iron ,
earth ,
or other material ,
built on the shore of a harbor ,
river ,
canal ,
or the like ,
and usually extending from the shore to deep water ,
so that vessels may lie close alongside to receive and discharge cargo ,
passengers ,
etc .;
a quay ;
a pier .
[
1913 Webster ]
Commerce pushes its wharves into the sea .
--
Bancroft .
[
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Out upon the wharfs they came ,
Knight and burgher ,
lord and dame . --
Tennyson .
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1913 Webster ]
Note :
The plural of this word is generally written wharves in the United States ,
and wharfs in England ;
but many recent English writers use wharves .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 . [
AS .
hwearf .]
The bank of a river ,
or the shore of the sea . [
Obs .] "
The fat weed that roots itself in ease on Lethe wharf ." --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Wharf boat },
a kind of boat moored at the bank of a river ,
and used for a wharf ,
in places where the height of the water is so variable that a fixed wharf would be useless .
[
U .
S .] --
Bartlett .
{
Wharf rat }. (
Zool .)
(
a )
The common brown rat .
(
b )
A neglected boy who lives around the wharfs . [
Slang ]
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1913 Webster ]
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1913 Webster ]
Wharf \
Wharf \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Wharfed };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Wharfing }.]
[
1913 Webster ]
1 .
To guard or secure by a firm wall of timber or stone constructed like a wharf ;
to furnish with a wharf or wharfs .
[
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2 .
To place upon a wharf ;
to bring to a wharf .
[
1913 Webster ]
35 Moby Thesaurus words for "
wharf ":
anchorage ,
anchorage ground ,
basin ,
berth ,
breakwater ,
bulkhead ,
dock ,
dockage ,
dockyard ,
dry dock ,
embankment ,
groin ,
harbor ,
harborage ,
haven ,
jetty ,
jutty ,
landing ,
landing place ,
landing stage ,
levee ,
marina ,
mole ,
moorings ,
pier ,
port ,
protected anchorage ,
quay ,
road ,
roads ,
roadstead ,
seaport ,
seawall ,
shipyard ,
slip
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