英语词汇“whin”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

whin1

/wɪn

noun [mass noun] chiefly Northern English

Furze; gorse.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'.

Rhymes

whin2

/wɪn

(also whinstone)

noun [mass noun] British

Hard, dark basaltic rock such as that of the Whin Sill in Northern England.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.

单词	whin
释义	whin1 /wɪn / noun [mass noun] chiefly Northern English Furze; gorse.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'. 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 /wɪn / (also whinstone) noun [mass noun] British Hard, dark basaltic rock such as that of the Whin Sill in Northern England.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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