willow

英[\'wɪləʊ]

美[\'wɪləʊ]

意思解释

n. 柳树；柳木制品
v. 用打棉机打开和清理

复数： willows
第三人称单数： willows
过去式： willowed
过去分词： willowed
现在分词： willowing
易混淆的单词： Willow

willow 柳树

来自PIE*wel,弯，转，编织，来自PIE*wei的扩大形式，弯，转，词源同wind,vine,involve.

Many drugs come from plants ; aspirin was isolated from willow bark .: 好多药是从植物中提取的；阿司匹林是从柳树皮中萃取出来的。

We did not speak all the way home . We went to bed and slept deep as willow logs .: 回家的路上我们一直没说话，后来躺在床上睡得像柳木一样沉。

A willow ptarmigan in winter plumage , hidden on a brushy slope near churchill , manitoba , canada .: 一只柳雷鸟穿着冬装，隐身在一个灌木丛生的斜坡中，与加拿大马尼托巴省丘吉尔镇附近。

Doctors had known for millennia that willow bark and poppy sap relieve pain .: 几千年来，医生已经知道柳树皮和罂粟汁可以缓解疼痛。