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.
中文解释
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。
实用例句
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.