wain

• n. 运货马车；北斗七星
• n. (Wain)人名；(英)韦恩

来自Proto-Germanic*wagnaz,马车，战车，词源同wagon,字母g脱落。

wain (n.)

Old English wægn "wheeled vehicle, wagon, cart," from Proto-Germanic *wagnaz (see wagon). Largely fallen from use by c. 1600, but kept alive by poets, who found it easier to rhyme on than wagon. As a name for the Big Dipper/Plough, it is from Old English (see Charles's Wain).

1. These ideas are summarized in a diagram reproduced from Wain and Fawcett.

这些见解归纳在从韦恩和福西特复制的一个图解上.

来自辞典例句