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单词 draw-well
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draw-welln.

Brit. /ˈdrɔːwɛl/, U.S. /ˈdrɔˌwɛl/, /ˈdrɑˌwɛl/
Forms: see draw- comb. form and well n.1
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: draw- comb. form, well n.1
Etymology: < draw- comb. form + well n.1
A deep well from which water is drawn by a bucket suspended to a rope.
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the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > well
water piteOE
wellOE
pitOE
pulkc1300
draw-wellc1410
draught-wellc1440
winchc1440
brine-well1594
salt spring1601
sump1680
pump well1699
spout-well1710
sump hole1754
pit-well1756
sink1804
bucket-well1813
artesian well1829
shallow well1877
dip-well1894
garland-well1897
village pump1925
c1410 (c1350) Gamelyn (Harl. 7334) l. 372 Tho þou þrewe my porter in þe draw-welle.
c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1905) II. 362 (MED) Sho said sho sulde lepe into a draw-well..& drown hur selfe.
a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Fox, Wolf, & Husbandman l. 2389 in Poems (1981) 89 Ane draw well..Quhair that twa bukkettis seuerall suithlie hang; As ane come vp ane vther doun wald gang.
c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 30 He drounit in ane drau vel.
1648 Mercurius Pacificus 5 Diversified Factions like Scales in a Balance, and Buckets in a Draw-Well, ever ending in the going up of the one, and going down of the other.
1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Winch, a cylindrical piece of timber, furnished with an axis..turned about by means of an handle resembling that of a draw-well.
a1887 R. Jefferies Field & Hedgerow (1889) 179 The grapnel kept at every village draw-well is called the grab-hook.
1916 A. D. Flinn et al. Waterworks Handbk. xxx. 655 So-called ‘draw wells’ with open tops are inferior to wells with pumps.
1993 GeoJournal 33 52/1 In South Estonia about 60% of draw-wells and shallow bore-wells are contaminated.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022).
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