willow

Các nghĩa

1. làm sạch và tơi (bông, lanh, len) bằng máy đập

   To open and cleanse (cotton, flax, wool, etc.) by means of a willow.

   transitive

   Aspirin comes from willow bark.

   This willow-tree looks like a mammoth.

   My favorite tree is the weeping willow.

2. uốn lượn, lướt nhẹ như cành liễu

   To form a shape or move in a way similar to the long, slender branches of a willow.

   intransitive

   It was floating a foot under the surface. The eyes were holes. The mouth was a slit cavern of darkness. The hair willowed around the scalp.

   The draft-drawn smoke willowed down through the hole and across my face, but I didn’t worry about coughing or sneezing.

Dạng khác

• willows present, singular, third-person
• willowing participle, present
• willowed participle, past

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