withy
英 ['wɪðɪ]
美['wɪθi]
- adj. 柔韧的；瘦长而结实的
- n. 柳条绳索；细枝
英英释义
- 1. strong flexible twig
实用场景例句
- The cable is withy and strong enough to hold such weight.
- 钢索的柔韧性足够承受这样的重量.
互联网
- A tough, supple twig, especially of willow, used for binding things together; a withy.
- 柳条,韧枝坚硬且柔韧的枝条, 尤指柳条, 用于捆扎物品; 柳条绳.
互联网
- Withy is used to make baskets.
- 柳条被用来编筐.
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中文词源
withy 柳树，柳枝
来自古英语withig,来自PIE*wei,弯，转，柔软，词源同wind,wicker。用于指柳树，柳枝.
双语例句
- 1. The cable is withy and strong enough to hold such weight.
- 钢索的柔韧性足够承受这样的重量.
来自互联网
- 2. Withy is used to make baskets.
- 柳条被用来编筐.
来自互联网
- 3. A tough, supple twig, especially of willow, used for binding things together; a withy.
- 柳条,韧枝坚硬且柔韧的枝条, 尤指柳条, 用于捆扎物品; 柳条绳.
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英文词源
- withy (n.)
- Old English wiðig "willow, willow twig," from Proto-Germanic *with- "willow" (cognates: Old Norse viðir, Danish vidje, Swedish vide, Old High German wida, German Weide "willow"), from PIE root *wei- (1) "to bend, twist" (cognates: Avestan vaeiti- "osier," Greek itea "willow," Latin vitis "vine," Lithuanian vytis "willow twig," Polish witwa, Welsh gwden "willow," Russian vitvina "branch, bough").
词态变化
复数: withies;