wharf

埠頭、波止場

船が人や荷物を乗せ降ろしするために接岸する、水辺の施設。

やさしい英語で： A built area beside water where boats stop to load or unload people and goods.

• The boat stopped at the wharf.
• Workers unloaded boxes onto the wharf.
• Several ships were tied up beside the old wharves.

類義語： quay, dock, pier

よく使う表現： at the wharf, wooden wharf, fishing wharf

岸、川岸

川や海の水際に沿って続く陸地。

やさしい英語で： The land along the edge of a river or the sea.

• Grass grew along the wharf.
• The river flooded the low wharf after heavy rain.
• They walked beside the water on the sandy wharf.

類義語： bank, shore

よく使う表現： river wharf, grassy wharf, along the wharf