quay

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
中文释义
英 /kiː/    美 /kiː/|/keɪ/|/kweɪ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A stone or concrete structure on navigable water used for loading and unloading vessels; a wharf.
    — moor up in the quay
动词 v.
  1. To land or tie up at a quay or similar structure, especially used in the phrase "quay up".
形容词 adj.
  1. Alternative spelling of qway (“far”). Multicultural-London-English,alt-of,alternative
副词 adv.
  1. Alternative spelling of qway (“far”). Multicultural-London-English,alt-of,alternative

词形变化

quays plural cay alternative,obsolete quays present,singular,third-person quaying participle,present quayed participle,past quayed past cay alternative,obsolete quayer comparative quayest superlative quayer comparative quayest superlative

词源

The current spelling replaced the spelling key in the 1690s to emulate the spelling but (at least originally) not the pronunciation of the equivalent modern French quai. From Middle English kay, key, kaye, keye, from Old French kay, cail, from Gaulish *kagyum, cagiíun (“enclosure”), from Proto-Celtic *kagyom (“pen, enclosure”) (compare Welsh cae (“field”)), from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰyóm (“enclosure”). Doublet of hedge and hey (“choreographic figure”).
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