解释
- adj. 柔韧的；瘦长而结实的
- n. 柳条绳索；细枝
※ 提供单词"withy"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。
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.
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").
例句和用法
- 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.
- 2. Withy is used to make baskets.
- 柳条被用来编筐.
- 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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