Search results for ‘willow’
Chinese to English Dictionary (1-5 of 77)
- 柳树(柳樹)
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- 柳树
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- 杨柳(楊柳)
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poplar and willow
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willow
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- 百步穿杨(百步穿楊)
- [bǎibùchuānyáng]
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shoot an arrow through a willow leaf at a hundred paces; split a willow wand at a hundred paces; shoot with great precision
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- 杞柳
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purple willow; bitter willow (Salix sino-purpurea)
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English Dictionary (1-1 of 1)
- willow
- ['wɪləυ]
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any of numerous salicaceous trees and shrubs of the genus Salix, such as the weeping willow and osiers of N temperate regions, which have graceful flexible branches, flowers in catkins, and feathery seeds
- 2. the whitish wood of certain of these trees
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something made of willow wood, such as a cricket or baseball bat
- 4. a machine having a system of revolving spikes for opening and cleaning raw textile fibres
- 5. Old English welig; related to wilige wicker basket, Old Saxon wilgia, ...
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Examples (1-5 of 29)
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A willow warbler is similar to the greater whitethroat but smaller.
- 柳莺与大白喉莺相似,但体型较小。
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The willow trees are bending before the wind.
- 柳树被风吹弯了。
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She was slender as a willow shoot is slender.
- 她苗条极了,就像柳树芽一样。
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a willow-pattern plate
- 小河两岸柳树成行。
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On either bank of the stream stand rows of willow trees.