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英:[weɪl]
美:[weɪl]
wales, waling, waled
noun (1)
a streak or ridge made on the skin especially by the stroke of a whip : welt
a narrow raised surface : ridge
any of a number of strakes usually of extra thick and strong planks in the sides of a wooden ship—usually used in plural
one of a series of even ribs in a fabric
the texture especially of a fabric
a horizontal constructional member (as of timber or steel) used for bracing vertical members
verb (1)
transitive verb
to mark with welts
wale the skin
noun (2)
dialectal British choice
dialectal British the best part : pick
verb (2)
choose
古英语 walu 指的是由土或石头构成的“山脊,堤坝”,后来指“鞭打后在肉上留下的痕迹”(与 weal(n.2)有关); 源自原始日耳曼语 *walu-(也是低地德语 wale “痕迹”,古弗里斯兰语 walu “棍棒”,古诺尔斯语 völr “圆木块”,哥特语 walus “一根杖,棍棒”,荷兰语 wortel,德语 wurzel “根”等的来源),源自 PIE 词根 *wel-(3)“旋转,转动”。通常的概念可能是“凸起的线条”。自1580年代起,用于指纺织品的脊线。13世纪晚期出现了“Wales”,指的是沿着船舷延伸的水平木板。
Noun (1) Middle English, from Old English walu; akin to Old Norse vǫlr staff and perhaps to Old Norse valr round, Latin volvere to roll — more at voluble Noun (2) Middle English (Scots & northern dialect) wal, from Old Norse val; akin to Old High German wala choice, Old English wyllan to wish — more at will
The first known use of wale was before the 12th century
wane1 of 2verb
to grow gradually smaller or less
the moon wanes
to lose power, prosperity, or influence
the nation waned as its commerce declined
to draw toward an end
summer is waning
wane2 of 2noun
the act or process of waning
a period or time of waningespecially: the period from the full phase of the moon to the new moon
wallop1 of 2noun
a powerful blow or impact
the ability to hit hard
wallop2 of 2verb
to beat thoroughly : trounce
to hit with force : sock
walenoun
a narrow raised surface or ridgeespecially: one of a series of even ribs on a fabric (as corduroy)
1 "No, they bane pay me wale; but I no like being fired."
2 Custom blazers are built from scratch to be worn with jeans or khakis, and start at $445 for 100% cotton medium wale corduroy.
3 Cos," says Jo with a perplexed stare but without being at all shaken in his certainty, "cos that there's the wale, the bonnet, and the gownd.
4 After inserting spokes for the sides, weave an upset in two rows of wale weave.
5 Mr. Wale gave no indication that GM is already planning an additional factory in China.
甘文维并未暗示通用汽车已经筹划在中国再建一家工厂.
6 This is a wale o' tears, as the 'ymn sez, and them as is out on it is best off, if so be as they done their dooty in that state o' life....
7 Misfortunes came, as come they must, in this here wale of trile and sorrow.
8 The ultra-soft cotton fabric features a wide-wale construction that looks sun-faded and properly broken-in.
9 The lash descended, cutting a broad wale on the buckskin's back.
10 The weather is cruel, but the place 323 is, as I dare say you know, the very “wale” of Scotland—bar Tummelside.—Yours very sincerely, Robert Louis Stevenson.
11 Catching this on a powder day would be sublime but the groomers had been busy and I did my best to ruin their wide wale work with high-G carves.
12 Boxy trucker jackets usually cut from denim now come ribbed, while fine-wale hoodies put a novel streetwear spin on the durable cloth that dates back to Ancient Egypt and exploded in popularity in the 1970s.
13 The thickness or wideness of the corduroy’s wale will have an impact on the overall appearance of the garment—finer wale looks more vintage and casual, and thicker, more robust wale looks more regal and impactful.
14 We may doubt, however, whether she had ever realized how terribly her scourges would wale him.
15 You and I are very good friends, and we may help each other, if we choose, like kith and kin in this here wale.
16 Push the weaver through the wale, under the second row and out again, and once more wind across the handle bow.
17 There was a big, red wale around it, in the middle of which was a huge blood blister.
18 Here, the double-soft combination of a pinwale shirt with jumbo-wale trousers makes a hardy waxed jacket look urbane enough for the office.
19 It is no’ wise; I am no sayin’ that it’s wise; but it’s the pride of the eye, and it’s the lust o’ life, an’ it’s the wale o’ pleesures.”
20 Gunwale, Gunnel, gun′el, n. the wale or upper edge of a ship's side next to the bulwarks, so called because the upper guns are pointed from it.
1 腰梁
4 精选
select choice elect selected luxurious selective picked rarefied blue-ribbon sel. concentration selectivity beneficiate concentrate sift handpick garble
5 棱纹
7 最好的
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12 选择
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13 最好
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17 鞭打
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