名詞 wale:

1. a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions
   同義詞：welt, weal, wheal
2. thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship
   同義詞：strake

1. In England and Wales, the high court is divided into three divisions: the queen's bench, the chancery and the family divisions; the court hears most civil claim where the value exceed￡5,000.
   在英格蘭和威爾士高等分院分為三個庭：王座庭、大法官法庭和家事庭。價值超過5,000英鎊的多數(shù)民事權(quán)利要求案由它審理。
2. A borough of southern Wales west-northwest of Cardiff. It is an industrial port on Swansea Bay, an inlet of the Bristol Channel. Population, 188,500.
   斯旺西威爾士南部市鎮(zhèn)，位于卡迪夫西北偏西。是布里斯托爾海峽的小海灣斯旺西灣的一個工業(yè)港口。人口188, 500
3. A principality of the United Kingdom on the western peninsula of the island of Great Britain. Incorporated with England since the Act of Union(1536), Wales has maintained its own distinct culture and a strong nationalist sentiment. Cardiff is the capital and the largest city. Population, 2,790,462.
   威爾士英國大不列顛島西部半島之一地區(qū)。自聯(lián)盟令(1536年)后與英格蘭合并，它同時保持了自己的獨(dú)特文化風(fēng)格和強(qiáng)烈的民族主義情感?？ǖ戏?yàn)槠涫赘白畲蟪鞘小Ｈ丝?,790, 462
4. Wales were trounced 5-0 by Poland.
   威爾士隊(duì)讓波蘭隊(duì)以5比0打得一敗涂地。

wale

n.（名詞）
A mark raised on the skin, as by a whip; a weal or welt.
傷痕：皮膚上隆起的痕記，如鞭痕；條狀鞭痕或條痕

One of the parallel ribs or ridges in the surface of a fabric such as corduroy.
凸條：織物表面的平行凸紋或隆起，如燈蕊絨斜紋
The texture or weave of such a fabric:
凸條紋質(zhì)地或織物：
例句：
a wide wale.
寬凸條紋布

Nautical
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A gunwale.
船緣
One of the heavy planks or strakes extending along the sides of a wooden ship.
船腰部外板：沿著木船邊緣延伸的重木板或船側(cè)板之一
v.tr.（及物動詞）
waled,wal.ing,wales
To raise marks on (the skin), as by whipping.
留下鞭痕：在（皮膚）上留下隆起的痕記，如用鞭子打

來源：
Middle English
中古英語
from Old English
源自 古英語
variant of walu * see wel- 2
walu的變體 *參見 wel- 2