wheal

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
发音 wēl

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A small raised swelling on the skin, often itchy, caused by a blow from a whip or an insect bite etc.
    — A Perſon of Honour, of a full Body abounding with ſharp Humours, was ſeized with an Herpes on his right Leg. […] [I]t inflamed and ſwelled very much, many Wheals aroſe, and fretted one into another, with great Excoriation.
  2. A mine. Australia,Cornwall,South
    — The four last-mentioned mines, Wheal Crowndale, Wheal Crebor, East Liscombe, and Wheal Tamar, are on the same lode, which ranges as usual from east to west, and are included in a space of about four miles in length.
动词 v.
  1. Synonym of wale. uncommon

词形变化

wheals plural wheals present,singular,third-person whealing participle,present whealed participle,past whealed past wheals plural

词源

词源 1
From Middle English whele (“boil”), from Old English *hwele (“boil”); related to Old English hwelian (“to fester, ulcerate”). Compare also Old English hwelca, hwylca (“an inflamed swelling, pustule”).
词源 2
Borrowed from Cornish hwel.
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