英:['wɪðɪ]
美:[ 'wɪθi]
英:['wɪðɪ]
美:[ 'wɪθi]
with·y
wI thi [or] wI thi
复数:withies
比较级:withier
最高级:withiest
noun
withe.
adjective
composed or characteristic of withes; strong; pliable.
wiry; agile.
古英语 wiðig “柳树,柳枝”,源自原始日耳曼语 *with- “柳树”(源头还包括古诺尔斯语 viðir,丹麦语 vidje,瑞典语 vide,古高地德语 wida,德语 Weide “柳树”),源自 PIE 词根 *wei- “弯曲,扭曲”(源头还包括阿维斯陀语 vaeiti- “柳条”,希腊语 itea “柳树”,拉丁语 vītis “葡萄藤”,立陶宛语 vytis “柳枝”,波兰语 witwa,威尔士语 gwden “柳树”,俄语 vitvina “树枝,树干”)。
Noun Middle English, from Old English wīthig; akin to Old High German wīda willow, Latin vitis vine, viēre to plait — more at wire Adjectivewithe
The first known use of withy was before the 12th century
1 I've bound it down wi' withies, and laid the turf nice over it.
2 Each quickly into proper shape Bent up the fatal pin, And tied it carefully with thread Upon a withy thin.
3 Jean was bound firmly to a strong hurdle, made of birch stems and withies securely lashed together.
4 Take ye me the same man, that this fight first began, and put withy on his neck, and draw him to a moor, and put him in a low fen, there he shall lie.
5 But the keepers hated Owlet poking about, because they said he took more than withies from the osier beds.
6 Not yet had he clasped that withy, supple form to him.
7 England took no risks in their own half and tested Wales withy a variety of kicks.
8 I would make a raft, for the withies would enable me to fasten it together.
9 The willow, or withy as it is usually called, is remarkably pliant, and can be twisted into any shape.
10 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.
11 It is a concept, withy many ideals, few of them based on sound logic.
12 When branches are about two years old, cut them back to the main trunk, yielding a supply of withies.
13 If a lot of withies looked cheap, he bought them straightway, and did not defer the bargain for weeks till he could ascertain if he could get them cheaper elsewhere.
14 A war-arrow was furnished with a cord or twist of withy at one end, and was intended to summon all men armed to a Thing.
15 That Georgian's cue, it, Compared with your sceptre, is just a mere withy.
16 The men wore golden earrings, and bought 'Black Sally,' a withy that has a dark bark, for pegs, and 'bolts' of osier for basket-making.
17 The withies of which the baskets are made were at first, doubtless, the shoots of the willows found growing wild along the streams.
18 Well, ducking down behind the withies and peeking athurt the darkness, by degrees I made out a picter that raised the very hairs on the back of my neck.
19 O the withy shall be the very first tree That perishes at the heart.’”
20 With a wire there is little risk of that; but then the withy does not cut its way into the fish.
3 柳树
4 柳
5 柳枝
7 杞柳
10 坚韧的