wale

n. 鞭痕；條痕；凸條紋

vt. 在…上留下鞭痕；織成棱紋

n. (Wale)人名；(英)威爾；(瑞典)瓦勒

英文詞源

wale (n.): Old English walu "ridge, bank" of earth or stone, later "ridge made on flesh by a lash" (related to weal (n.2)); from Proto-Germanic *walo (cognates: Low German wale "weal," Old Frisian walu "rod," Old Norse v?lr "round piece of wood," Gothic walus "a staff, stick," Dutch wortel, German wurzel "root"), from PIE root *wel- (3) "to turn, roll" (see volvox). The common notion perhaps is "raised line." Used in reference to the ridges of textile fabric from 1580s. Wales "horizontal planks which extend along a ship's sides" is attested from late 13c.

1. She purposely abstained from mentioning Mrs. Wale's more special insinuation.: 她故意避而不談沃爾太太那些陰險的挑撥.

2. Under British rule , its official name was Prince of Wale's Island.: 英政府命名此島為威爾斯新王島.

3. But Wale argues there's more to the company's success than that.: 但是威爾堅持認為讓公司成功的因素還有很多.

4. Wale also said demand from smaller cities'should ensure some growth momentum.: 甘文維還說,小城市的汽車需求應能保證部分增長勢頭.