weir
/wɪə̯//wɪr/
- n.
- 堰，鱼梁
中文释义来自 ECDICT
词源链
- 英语English
weir
词源说明
From Middle English were, from Old English wer, from werian (“to dam up”), from Proto-West Germanic *warjan, from Proto-Germanic *warjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to cover”); Cognate with Old Norse ver (“station for fishing”), Sanskrit वृणोति (vṛṇóti). Related to warranty.
释义
名词noun
- 1countableAn adjustable dam placed across a river to regulate the flow of water downstream.
- 2countableA fence placed across a river to catch fish.
- 3obsolete