| 单词 | quay |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [ki:] |
| 解释 | n.码头 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n.码头(dock; wharf; pier) |
| 字源 | quay (n.) 1690s, variant of Middle English key, keye, caye "wharf" (c.1300; mid-13c. in place names), from Old North French cai (Old French chai, 12c., Modern French quai) "sand bank," from Gaulish caium (5c.), from Old Celtic *kagio- "to encompass, enclose" (cognates: Welsh cae "fence, hedge," Cornish ke "hedge"), from PIE *kagh- "to catch, seize; wickerwork, fence" (see hedge (n.)). Spelling altered in English by influence of French quai. |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 码头(可往船上装货或卸货) 【记】qu去, a, y外(国): 想去外国需要上码头. |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】key 象钥匙般插入大海的码头 |
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