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单词 wharfinger
释义

wharf /(h)wörf/

noun (pl wharfs or wharves)
  1. A landing stage, built esp along the shore, for loading or unloading vessels
  2. The bank of a river (Shakespeare)
transitive verb
  1. To strengthen or secure by means of a wharf (obsolete)
  2. To place on, or bring to, a wharf
ORIGIN: Late OE hwearf bank, shore; related to hweorfan to turn

wharfˈage noun

  1. The dues paid for using a wharf
  2. Accommodation for vessels at a wharf

wharfˈie noun (Aust and NZ inf)

  1. Someone who works at the shore
  2. A wharf labourer

wharfˈing noun

  1. Material for making a wharf
  2. Wharfs

wharfinger /wörˈfin-jər or hwörˈfin-jər/ noun

The owner or keeper of a wharf

wharf rat noun

  1. The common brown rat
  2. Someone who hangs about a wharf

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