Word
Wales
凸条；棱纹；织物纹理
Wales is the plural of wale.
A raised rib in knitted goods or fabric, especially corduroy; the ribbed texture of a fabric.
多指灯芯绒等织物表面的凸起条纹。
- 1.
A ridge or low barrier.
脊或低矮屏障
- 2.
A raised rib in knitted goods or fabric, especially corduroy.
针织物或织物上的凸起棱纹,尤指灯芯绒
- 3.
The texture of a piece of fabric.
织物的质地
- 4.
A horizontal ridge or ledge on the outside planking of a wooden ship, such as a gunwale or a chainwale.
木船外板上的水平凸缘,如舷缘或链缘
- 5.
A horizontal timber used for supporting or retaining earth.
用于支撑或挡土的水平木料
- 6.
A timber bolted to a row of piles to secure them together and in position.
用螺栓将一排桩固定在一起并定位的木料
- 7.
A ridge on the outside of a horse collar.
马颈圈外侧的凸脊
- 8.
A ridge or streak produced on skin by a cane or whip.
藤条或鞭子造成的皮肤隆起或伤痕
鞭痕；条痕；隆起；埂；低堤；舷边凸缘；舷边；横木；横梁；马颈圈凸棱
In use
The corduroy trousers have wide wales, giving them a sturdy feel.
She chose a knitted sweater with fine wales because it looks more elegant.
When buying upholstery fabric, check whether the wale runs straight.
a wale on [body part]
用于描述皮肤上的隆起伤痕。
He had a wale on his back from the whip.
他背上有一条鞭痕。
leave a wale
The blow left a deep wale on her arm.
那一击在她手臂上留下了一道深深的伤痕。
Common mistakes
The whip left a whale on his skin.The whip left a wale on his skin.
Connections
Collocations
- corduroy wales
- 灯芯绒的凸棱纹
- The corduroy wales were worn smooth after years of use.经过多年使用，灯芯绒的凸棱纹都磨平了。
- wide wale corduroy
- 宽棱纹灯芯绒
- He wore a jacket made of wide wale corduroy.他穿着一件宽棱纹灯芯绒夹克。
- wale count
- 织物每英寸的棱纹数
- This corduroy has a wale count of ten per inch.这种灯芯绒每英寸有十条棱纹。
- raise a wale
- 抽出一道鞭痕
- The whip raised a red wale on his arm.鞭子在他胳膊上抽出一道红痕。
- wale and course
- 针织物的纵行与横列
- Knit fabric is made up of wales and courses.针织物由纵行和横列组成。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
wale 与 whale 同音，想象鲸鱼背上的纵向棱线——wale 就是灯芯绒或皮肤上的凸棱。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：textiles、shipbuilding、construction、injury descriptions 该词作名词时，具体含义因领域而异（如纺织、造船、建筑、皮肤损伤描述），多用于书面或专业语境；整体语气偏中性，但在日常口语中相对少见。使用时需根据上下文判断对应义项。
Grammar Note
通常作可数名词
Pronunciation & Spelling
sale、pale、tale、whale 与 wale 同韵，读 /weɪl/；while 和 wall 拼写相似但分别读 /waɪl/ 和 /wɔːl/，与 wale 不押韵。注意 whale 与 wale 读音相同，只是多了 h。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.