wain

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /weɪn/    美 /weɪn/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A wagon; a four-wheeled cart for hauling loads, usually pulled by horses or oxen. archaic,literary
    — "The Hay Wain" is a famous painting by John Constable.
  2. Alternative form of wean. alt-of,alternative
  3. A chariot or similar stately carriage. archaic
    — And the hill-king spake to his footpages twain. Time with me goes slow. — "Put ye the gray pacers now unto the wain," But that grief is heavy I know.
动词 v.
  1. To carry. rare,transitive
  2. Misspelling of wane. alt-of,misspelling
    — As the auto industry is waining away, the city is looking for something new. http://www.modeldmedia.com/inthenews/urbanfarm15108.aspx

词形变化

wains plural wayn alternative,obsolete wains present,singular,third-person waining participle,present wained participle,past wained past wains present,singular,third-person waining participle,present wained participle,past wained past wains plural

词汇关系

衍生词
Charles' Wain Conestoga wain hay wain horse-wain wainwright

词源

词源 1
From Middle English wayn, from Old English wæġn, from Proto-West Germanic *wagn, from Proto-Germanic *wagnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *woǵʰnos, from *weǵʰ- (“to bring, transport”). Doublet of wagon, borrowed from Middle Dutch.
Cognates
Cognate with West Frisian wein, Dutch wagen, German Wagen, Danish vogn, Norwegian vogn, Swedish vagn.
词源 2
From wee one.
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