wharves
plural ofwharf
| 单词 | wharves |
| 释义 | wharves plural ofwharf Examplesofwharveswharves The audience travelled by ferry between variouswharveswhere most of the performances took place. From theCambridge English Corpus The whole event was well organized, with transportation arrangements for visitors and students welcoming worshipers atwharvesand stations. From theCambridge English Corpus Ongoing development has swept away thewharvesand the merchant houses of the past. From theCambridge English Corpus This must be borne in mind in the selection and clearing of any parts in a tsetse area, such aswharves, ferries, etc., where there necessarily is considerable movement. From theCambridge English Corpus Commerce was thus carried out under a convenient fiction which brought an ever-busier traffic to thewharvesof the city. From theCambridge English Corpus One morning the port was attacked, thewharveswere wrecked, a schooner and a dredger were sunk and 120 yards of warehouses were destroyed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not known how many of the 90 or sowharveswithin the city boundary were overtopped; but overtopping was extensive. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They embrace bricks, brickworks, works for making tiles and earthenware pipes, plant for distributing water,wharvesof various sorts, including private harbours and staithes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I am aware of the congestion in this street which is due to waiting vehicles having business at thewharvesand warehouses. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There are, in fact, 1,040 commercially active ports,wharvesand terminals around our 10,500 miles of coastline. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I did so because of my concern over thewharvesand riverside in my constituency. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He is going to open up newwharveswhere they have not been opened up before. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There are largewharvesround all the docks there now. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The smallerwharvesare in a better economic position to compete because they are not members of the scheme. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 But, of course, we cannot have all our factories lining thewharves; it is physically impossible. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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