| 词汇 | wharves |
| 释义 | wharves plural ofwharf Examples of wharveswharves The audience travelled by ferry between various wharves where most of the performances took place. The whole event was well organized, with transportation arrangements for visitors and students welcoming worshipers at wharves and stations. Ongoing development has swept away the wharves and the merchant houses of the past. This must be borne in mind in the selection and clearing of any parts in a tsetse area, such as wharves, ferries, etc., where there necessarily is considerable movement. Commerce was thus carried out under a convenient fiction which brought an ever-busier traffic to the wharves of the city. One morning the port was attacked, the wharves were 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 the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not known how many of the 90 or so wharves within the city boundary were overtopped; but overtopping was extensive. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They embrace bricks, brickworks, works for making tiles and earthenware pipes, plant for distributing water, wharves of various sorts, including private harbours and staithes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am aware of the congestion in this street which is due to waiting vehicles having business at the wharves and warehouses. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are, in fact, 1,040 commercially active ports, wharves and terminals around our 10,500 miles of coastline. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I did so because of my concern over the wharves and riverside in my constituency. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He is going to open up new wharves where they have not been opened up before. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are large wharves round all the docks there now. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The smaller wharves are 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 the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But, of course, we cannot have all our factories lining the wharves; it is physically impossible. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open 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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