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单词 whin
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whin1

noun wɪn(h)wɪn
mass nounNorthern English
  • Furze; gorse.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A land where plastic shamrocks are rare, whin bushes are plentiful and the green isn't made in Taiwan.
    • So she is understandably dismissive of the dismal gorse and whin on view outside the living room window of her Council house.
    • Beyond that, weed draped on fence wire and whin bushes by the roadside, marked a Princess.
    • Cassiopeia was over Cassidy's hanging hill, I looked and three whin bushes rode across The horizon - the Three Wise Kings.

Origin

Late Middle English: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare with Swedish ven 'bent grass'.

Rhymes

agin, akin, begin, Berlin, bin, Boleyn, Bryn, chin, chin-chin, Corinne, din, fin, Finn, Flynn, gaijin, Glyn, grin, Gwyn, herein, Ho Chi Minh, in, inn, Jin, jinn, kin, Kweilin, linn, Lynn, mandolin, mandoline, Min, no-win, pin, Pinyin, quin, shin, sin, skin, spin, therein, thin, Tientsin, tin, Tonkin, Turin, twin, underpin, Vietminh, violin, wherein, whipper-in, win, within, Wynne, yin

whin2

(also whinstone)
noun wɪn(h)wɪn
mass nounBritish
  • Hard, dark basaltic rock such as that of the Whin Sill in Northern England.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Built from whinstone, with a slate roof, the pedimented front door is a particularly handsome feature.
    • The northwards path along a rocky coastline takes you to Dunstanburgh Castle, a romantic ruin where kittiwakes, cormorants and fulmars nest on whinstone cliffs.
    • They are comprised primarily of a rock called whinstone, which is very prone to vertical weathering and faulting.
    • The other, the Longhoughton quarry, is located in the contact between the Great limestone (country rock) and the whin sill intrusion.

Origin

Middle English: of unknown origin.

 
 

whin1

noun(h)win(h)wɪn
Northern English
  • Furze; gorse.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Cassiopeia was over Cassidy's hanging hill, I looked and three whin bushes rode across The horizon - the Three Wise Kings.
    • So she is understandably dismissive of the dismal gorse and whin on view outside the living room window of her Council house.
    • A land where plastic shamrocks are rare, whin bushes are plentiful and the green isn't made in Taiwan.
    • Beyond that, weed draped on fence wire and whin bushes by the roadside, marked a Princess.

Origin

Late Middle English: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare with Swedish ven ‘bent grass’.

whin2

(also whinstone)
noun(h)win(h)wɪn
British
  • Hard, dark basaltic rock such as that of the Whin Sill in Northern England.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The other, the Longhoughton quarry, is located in the contact between the Great limestone (country rock) and the whin sill intrusion.
    • They are comprised primarily of a rock called whinstone, which is very prone to vertical weathering and faulting.
    • Built from whinstone, with a slate roof, the pedimented front door is a particularly handsome feature.
    • The northwards path along a rocky coastline takes you to Dunstanburgh Castle, a romantic ruin where kittiwakes, cormorants and fulmars nest on whinstone cliffs.

Origin

Middle English: of unknown origin.

 
 
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