wheen

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A little; a small number. UK,dialectal
  2. A quantity; a goodly number. Northern-Ireland,Scotland,UK,dialectal
    — I have six terriers at hame, forbye twa couple of slow-hunds, five grews, and a wheen other dogs.

词形变化

wheens plural whean alternative whin alternative

词源

From Middle English *wheen, quhein (also hwan, hwon, quhon), from Old English hwēne, hwǣne (“somewhat, a little”), instrumental form of hwōn (“little, few, a little, trifle, somewhat, a little while”).
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