wicker
英['wɪkə]
美['wɪkɚ]
- n. 柳条；枝条；柳条制品
- adj. 柳条编织的；装在柳条编织物里的
- n. (Wicker)人名；(英、德)威克
词态变化
复数: wickers;助记提示
1. weak => wicker.
2. vice-, vicar, weak => *weik- (4) "to bend, wind, turn, twine" => wicker.
3. The notion is of pliant twigs.
4. 英国电影《柳条人》：《The Wicker Man》：被誉为与《驱魔人》、《凶兆》并驾齐驱的三大经典恐怕片。
5. 谐音“苇客儿”------编织芦苇的人。中文词源
wicker 柳条来自PIE*weik,弯，转，编织，词源同wicket,vicarious.用于指柳条。
英文词源
- wicker (n.)
- mid-14c., "wickerwork," from a Scandinavian source (compare Danish viger, Middle Swedish viker "willow, willow branch"), from Proto-Germanic *wik- (cognates: Old Norse vikja "to move, turn," Swedish vika "to bend," Old English wican "to give way, yield"), from PIE root *weik- (4) "to bend, twine" (see weak). The notion is of pliant twigs. As an adjective, "made of wicker," from c. 1500.
双语例句
- 1. The living room is furnished simply with wicker furniture.
- 客厅里简单地摆放着几件柳编家具。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. We sat side by side on two wicker seats.
- 我们在两把柳条椅上肩并肩坐着。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. He donned work clothes and a wicker helmet.
- 他穿上工作服,戴上柳条帽.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 4. Claire spent the morning in a wicker rocker on the screened porch with a book.
- 克莱尔整个早上都在装着纱窗的走廊里坐在柳条摇椅上看书。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. Sitting in his wicker chair, he gazed reflectively at the fire.
- 他坐在藤椅上，若有所思地凝视着炉火。
来自辞典例句