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wale

/weyl/US // weɪl //UK // (weɪl) //

鲸鱼,威尔,鲸吞,鲸鱼的故事

Related Words

streak条纹,条纹路,条纹状,条痕ridge山脊,山脉,脊柱,脊梁weal疗养,疗效,疗养院,疗伤texture纹理,肌理,纹路,肌理方面mark纪念,纪念品,纪念碑,纪念意义welt焊缝,鞭打,鞭痕,鞭子strip剥离,脱衣舞,剥皮,剥落grain谷物,粮食,谷粒,纹理rib肋骨,罗纹,肋,棱镜weave编织,编造,编织物,编制

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a streak, stripe, or ridge produced on the skin by the stroke of a rod or whip; welt.
    • : the vertical rib in knit goods or a chain of loops running lengthwise in knit fabric.
    • : the texture or weave of a fabric.
    • : Nautical. any of certain strakes of thick outside planking on the sides of a wooden ship.gunwale.
    • : Also called breast timber, ranger, waling. Engineering, Building Trades. a horizontal timber or other support for reinforcing various upright members, as sheet piling or concrete form boards, or for retaining earth at the edge of an excavation.
    • : a ridge on the outside of a horse collar.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    waled, wal·ing.

    • : to mark with wales.
    • : to weave with wales.
    • : Engineering, Building Trades. to reinforce or fasten with a wale or wales.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounrib of fabric
Forms: wales
Synonyms
grain谷物,粮食,谷粒,纹理mark纪念,纪念品,纪念碑,纪念意义rib肋骨,罗纹,肋,棱镜ridge山脊,山脉,脊柱,脊梁streak条纹,条纹路,条纹状,条痕strip剥离,脱衣舞,剥皮,剥落texture纹理,肌理,纹路,肌理方面weal疗养,疗效,疗养院,疗伤weave编织,编造,编织物,编制welt焊缝,鞭打,鞭痕,鞭子

Examples

  • It was on the Derby, he himself having bet that the Prince of Wale's horse would win.

  • As the thought passed through her, she saw on Amy's neck a frightful upswollen wale.

  • Mr. Quintus Slide, when he was really anxious to use his thong earnestly, could generally raise a wale.

  • We may doubt, however, whether she had ever realized how terribly her scourges would wale him.

  • His business was to wale dismal, and bow his head down, the band (a barrel organ and a wiolin) playin slow and melancholly moosic.

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