willow

willow

英音 ['wɪləʊ] 美音 [ˈwɪlo]

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基本翻译或解释：

n. 柳树；柳木制品
v. 用打棉机打开和清理

词源相关：

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

详细解释：

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.

用法与例句：

Willow creek has two very different services .

柳树溪有两种截然不同的服务。

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。