單詞
withy
英 ['w?e?]
美['w?θi]
基本信息
- adj. 柔韌的；瘦長而結實的
- n. 柳條繩索；細枝
詞態變化
復數:?withies;
中文詞源
withy 柳樹，柳枝
來自古英語withig,來自PIE*wei,彎，轉，柔軟，詞源同wind,wicker。用于指柳樹，柳枝.
英文詞源
- withy (n.)
- Old English wieig "willow, willow twig," from Proto-Germanic *with- "willow" (cognates: Old Norse vieir, 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").
雙語例句
- 1. The cable is withy and strong enough to hold such weight.
- 鋼索的柔韌性足夠承受這樣的重量.
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- 2. Withy is used to make baskets.
- 柳條被用來編筐.
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- 3. A tough, supple twig, especially of willow, used for binding things together; a withy.
- 柳條,韌枝堅硬且柔韌的枝條, 尤指柳條, 用于捆扎物品; 柳條繩.
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