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单词 whelm 释义 ▪ I. whelm, n.|hwlm|Also 6 whealme, 6–7 whelme.[f. whelm v.]1. A wooden drain-pipe: orig. a tree-trunk halved vertically, hollowed, and ‘whelmed down’ or turned with the concavity downwards to form an arched watercourse. Now dial.c157...