withy

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An osier (Salix viminalis), a type of willow.
  2. A long flexible twig of the osier; a withe.
    — In the midst of the meadow was a space marked out with withies sixty paces either way for the wrastling ground.
形容词 adj.
  1. Flexible, like a withe. archaic
    — The Merlons, to the end that they may be good, ought to be made of Earth, the most eaſie to be tempered that may be: And this Earth ought alſo to be mixed with Withy Twigs, or Brambles, provided they take Root, after which they are to be lined with good Turff.

词形变化

withies plural withier comparative withiest superlative

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Old English wīþiġ
English withy
Inherited from Old English wīþiġ.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English withe
English -y
English withy
From withe + -y.
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